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expatricius

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Forms

expatricius m (genitive expatriciī); second declension[1][2]

Etymology

It is from Latin ex- (“out of; former”) + patricius (“patrician”).[3][1]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is known only from one law in the Codex Justinianus, where it stands beside patricius.[4][1][3]

Timeline

  • 528–534 AD – The Codex Justinianus uses it in a law on patricians.[4][3]

Meanings

Noun

  1. (Late Latin) A former patrician, one who has ceased to be a patrician.[4][1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
  2. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  3. ^ a b c Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
  4. ^ a b c Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press