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|lshtext=<b>sontĭcus</b>: a, um, adj. [[sons]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[dangerous]], [[serious]], [[critical]], in the [[connection]] [[morbus]] [[sonticus]], of a [[serious]] [[disorder]] [[that]] excuses one from [[duty]], etc., Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Fest. p. 290 Müll.; cf. Gell. 20, 1, 27; Dig. 21, 1, 65; 42, 1, 60; 2, 11, 2; 5, 1, 46; Plin. 36, 19, 34, § 142; [[Cincius]] ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.: sontica [[causa]], arising from a [[morbus]] [[sonticus]]; [[hence]], in gen., [[serious]], [[weighty]], [[important]], [[Cato]] ap. Fest. p. 344 Müll.; Naev. ib. p. 290; Tib. 1, 8, 51.
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