proscriptio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

prōscriptĭo, ōnis, f. [proscribo] (class.).

I A written public notice of sale. an advertisement : proscriptio bonorum, Cic. Quint. 18, 56: quam ad diem proscriptiones venditionesque fiant, id. Rosc. Am. 44, 128: bonorum, id. Cat. 2, 10, 21: praediorum, id. Fl. 30, 74.—

II Proscription , outlawry , confiscation : proscriptionis miserrimum nomen, Cic. Dom. 17, 43: de capite civis et de bonis proscriptionem ferre, id. Sest. 30, 65; id. Cat. 2, 9, 20: capitis mei, id. Prov. Cons. 19, 45: proscriptione pecunias ex aerario accipere, Suet. Caes. 11.

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