hereditas

hērēditās ātis (genplur. -tātum, rarely -tātium), f

heres, heirship, inheritance : nobilitas non hereditate relicta, S.: equum hereditate possidere.— An inheritance : hereditatem persequi, T.: hereditates mihi negasti venire: hereditatem adire: possessio hereditatis: de hereditate controversia, Cs.: caducae hereditates.—Fig., an inheritance, descent : cupiditatum: optuma hereditas gloria virtutis.