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LNS

abdicātiō, abdicātiōnis

abdico

noun (f., 3^rd declension)

a renouncing, disowning
a renunciation of an office, abdication

Abbreviations

abdicātio, ōnis, f. abdico, a renouncing, disowning. Jurid. t. t.: hereditatis, Cod. Just. 6, 31, 6: liberorum, disinheriting, ib. 6, 8, 47; Quint. 7, 4, 27; 3, 6, 77; 7, 1, 15; Plin. 7, 45, 46, § 150 al.; cf. Dirksen, Versuch., etc., Leipz. 1823, p. 62 sq.

—* Polit. t. t., a renunciation of an office, abdication: dictaturae, Liv. 6, 16 fin.