translātīcĭus (trālātīcĭus) or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [translatum, v. transfero]; in jurid. and publicists’ lang., handed down, transmitted, preserved by transmission, hereditary, customary.
I Lit.: edictum, an edict which a magistrate receives as made by his predecessors , Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 114; 2, 1, 45, § 117; id. Att. 5, 21, 11; Gell. 3, 18, 7: jus, Suet. Aug. 10. —
II Transf., usual , common : di sunt locuti more translaticio, Phaedr. 5, 7, 24: funus, Suet. Ner. 33: postulationes, id. ib. 7 fin. : translatitia et quasi publica officia, Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 1: deformitas, Petr. 110: propinatio, id. 113: humanitas, id. 114: verba, Gell. 9, 9, 8: hoc tralaticium est, is common , old , Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 4: animalia (quaedam alicubi) non nasci, translaticium: invecta emori, mirum, Plin. 10, 29, 41, § 76; 7, 5, 4, § 39: nostri enim haec tralaticia, the ordinary course of affairs , Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 5, 2.—
B Tropical , metaphorical , Varr. L. L. 6, 7, §§ 55 and 64 Müll.—Adv.: translātīcĭē , slightly , carelessly , negligently , Dig. 37, 14, 1; 48, 16, 1; 36, 1, 55.