praevaricationus

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

praevaricationus

  1. (Old Latin, rare) genitive singular of praevaricatio
    • CIL 1.00598:
      primae sient XI dato inde alternos du[m taxat quaternos is quei petet et is unde petetur quos volent reiciant facito 3 quei supererunt tres pluresve eos primo quoque die de ea re iudicare iubeto] quae res soluta n[on siet inve iudici]o non siet iudicatave non siet quod eius praevaricationus
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Usage notes

This form shows the rare genitive singular ending -us instead of the standard Classical Latin ending -is. This unique ending is poorly attested and largely exclusive to religious or legal documents.

References

  • Coleman, Robert (1990) “Dialectal Variation in Republican Latin, with Special Reference to Praenestine”, in Proceedings of the Cambridge Philological Society[1], number 36 (216) (quotation in English; overall work in English), →ISSN, page 8