suffragium

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

suffrāgium ī, n

FRAG-, a voting-tablet, ballot, vote, voice, suffrage : suffragia in magistratu mandando ferri: ferunt suffragia: ut competitores pares suffragiis essent: suffragium inire, L.: libera, Iu.— The right of voting, right of suffrage, elective franchise : quarum (tribuum) suā lege suffragium sustulit: populi esse ius suffragium, quibus velit, impertire, L.: ut populusR.suffragio privaretur.— A decision, judgment, opinion : suffragio tuo rhetor.— Assent, approbation, applause : ventosae plebis suffragia, H.