subsĭcīvus, less correctly subsĕcī-vus (also transp. subcĭsīvus or suc-cĭsīvus), a, um, adj. [sub-seco].
I Lit., as t. t. of the agrimensores, that is cut off and left remaining , in surveying lands.— Subst.: subsĭcīvum , i, n., a remainder or small patch of land , etc.: subsiciva, quae divisis per veteranos agris carptim superfuerunt, etc., Suet. Dom. 9 fin. ; Auct. Rei Agr. ap. Goes. p. 17; 23; 39: mensores nonnumquam dicunt in subsicivum esse unciam agri, etc., Varr. R. R. 1, 10, 2.—
II Transf., of time, that remains over and above the principal occupation, etc.; over- , odd , extra (class.): subsiciva quaedam tempora incurrunt, quae ego perire non patior, spare time , leisure hours , odd hours , Cic. Leg. 1, 3, 9; cf. Plin. N. H. praef. § 18 Sillig: aliquid subsicivi temporis, Plin. Ep. 3, 15, 1: tempora (with subsecundaria), Gell. N. A. praef. § 23: tempus, id. 18, 10, 8: haec temporum velut subsiciva, Quint. 1, 12, 13. —
B Of that which is done in extra time, etc., accessory work , over-work : opera, Lucil. ap. Non. 175, 22; so in plur.: subsicivis operis, ut aiunt, Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364: operae, id. Phil. 2, 8, 20: (philosophia) non est res subsiciva, ordinaria est, i. e. a thing to be attended to at odd times , Sen. Ep. 53, 10. —
C In gen., remaining over , occasional , incidental : una tantum subsiciva solicitudo nobis relicta est, Ap. Met. 3, 8, 17; 8, 23, 12; quam (Italiam) subsicivam Graeciam fecit, id. Mag. p. 294, 23: succisiva proles, Lact. Opif. Dei, 12, 15 Bünem.; Arn. 5, 30: vivacitas illic aeterna est, hic caduca et subsiciva, Ap. Deo Socr. 4, p. 44, 7.