Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of three words: applied to certain days in the Roman calendar which were juridical, or days appointed to the pretor for deciding causes: so named from the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were also called
dies fasti .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Rom. Antiq.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office,
do ,dico ,addico . They were calleddies fasti .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective historical Relating to, or designating, certain
days allowed to thepretor for hearingcauses , when he might speak the three characteristic words of his office: "do ,dico ,addico ".
Etymologies
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tri- + Latin verbum a word.
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