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|lshtext=<b>ab-dĭco</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. ([[prop]].<br /><b>I</b> to [[indicate]], [[announce]] [[something]] as not belonging to one; [[hence]]),<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[deny]], [[disown]], [[refuse]], [[reject]].—With acc. und inf.: mortem ostentant, [[regno]] expellunt, consanguineam esse abdicant, [[deny]] her to be, Pac. ap. Non. 450, 30 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.): abdicat [[enim]] voluptati inesse bonitatem, Pseudo Apul. de Dogm. Plat. 3 init.—With acc. (so [[very]] freq. in the [[elder]] Pliny): naturam [[abdico]], Pac. ap. Non. 306, 32 (Trag. p. 120 Rib.): ubi [[plus]] mali [[quam]] boni [[reperio]], id totum [[abdico]] [[atque]] [[eicio]], Cic. de Or. 2, 24, 102: legem agrariam, Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 116: corticem, id. 13, 22, 43, § 124: ea (signa) in totum, id. 10, 4, 5, § 16; cf.: [[utinam]] posset e [[vita]] in totum abdicari ([[aurum]]), be got [[rid]] of, id. 33, 1, 3, § 6: omni venere abdicata, id. 5, 17, 15, § 73 al.<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Jurid. t. t., to [[renounce]] one, partic. a [[son]], to [[disinherit]] ([[post]]-Aug.): qui ex duobus legitlmis alterum in adoptionem dederat, alterum abdicaverat, Quint. 3, 6, 97; cf.: [[minus]] [[dicto]] audientem fllium, id. 7, 1, 14: ex meretrice natum, id. 11, 1, 82 al.: quae in scholis abdicatorum, haee in [[foro]] exheredatorum a parcntibus [[ratio]] cst, id. 7, 4, 11.—Absol.: [[pater]] abdicans, Quint. 11, 1, 59; cf.: [[filius]] abdicantis, id. 4, 2, 95; and: abdicandi jus, id. 3, 6, 77.—Hence, patrem, to disoun, Curt. 4, 10, 3.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">Polit. t. t.: abdicare se magistratu, or absol. ([[prop]]. to [[detach]] one's [[self]] from an [[office]], [[hence]]), to [[renounce]] an [[office]], to [[resign]], [[abdicate]] (syn.: deponere magistratum): consules magistratu se abdicaverunt, Cic. Div. 2, 35, 74; so, so magistrutu, id. Leg. 2, 12, 31; Liv. 4, 15, 4 al.: se dictatu. rā, Caes. B. C. 3, 2; Liv. 2, 31, 10; 9, 26, 18 al.: sc consulatu, id. 2, 2, 10; Vell. 2, 22, 2: se praeturā, Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 14: se aedilitate, Liv. 39, 39, 9 etc. Likewise: se tutelā, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 4; and [[fig]].: se scriptu, [[Piso]] ap. Gell. 6, 9, 4; cf.: eo [[die]] ([[Antonius]]) se non [[modo]] consulatu, sed [[etiam]] libertate abdicavit, Cic. Phil. 3, 5, 12. — Absol.: augures rem ad senatum; [[senatus]], ut abdicarent consules: abdicaverunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 4, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> With acc. a [[few]] times in the historians: (patres) abdicare consulatum jubentes et deponere [[imperium]], Liv. 2, 28 fin.: abdicando dictaturam, id. 6, 18, 4.—In [[pass]].: abdicato magistratu, Sall. C. 47, 3; cf.: [[inter]] priorem dictaturam abdicatam novamque a Manlio initam, Liv. 6, 39: [[causa]] non abdicandae dictaturae, id. 5, 49 fin.><br /><b>ab-dīco</b>: xi, ctum, 3, v. a. A [[word]] [[peculiar]] to augural and [[judicial]] lang. (opp. addīco). *<br /><b>I</b> Of an unfavorable [[omen]], [[nod]] to [[assent]] to: cum [[tres]] partes (vineae) aves abdixissent, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31.—<br /><b>II</b> In [[judicial]] lang.: abdicere vindicias ab [[aliquo]], to [[take]] [[away]] by [[sentence]] (=abjudicare), Dig. 1, 2, 24 (cf. Liv. 3, 56, 4).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>abdĭcō</b>,¹⁰ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.<br /><b>1</b> nier, [[dire]] que ne... pas [sens prim.] : Non. 450 ; cf. Pacuv. 55<br /><b>2</b> renier [un fils, un père], ne pas le reconnaître : Sen. Rhet. Contr. 1, 1, 13, etc. : Liv. 40, 11, 2 ; Quint. 3, 6, 77 ; 4, 2, 95, etc. || [fig.] rejeter, repousser [en gén.]: Plin. 2, 82 ; 4, 31 ; 10, 16, etc.<br /><b>3</b> renoncer à, se démettre de : <b> a)</b> se magistratu Cic. Cat. 3, 15, renoncer à une magistrature, cf. Div. 2, 74 ; Rep. 2, 61 ; Leg. 2, 31 ; Cæs. C. 3, 2, 1 ; Liv. 4, 47, 6, etc.; <b> b)</b> abdicare magistratum, abdiquer une magistrature : Sall. C. 47, 3 ; Liv. 2, 28, 9 ; 5, 49, 9 ; 6, 18, 4 ; 6, 39, 1 ; <b> c)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] se démettre de ses fonctions : abdicaverunt consules Cic. Nat. 2, 11, les consuls se démirent de leurs fonctions, cf. Liv. 4, 34, 5 ; 8, 37, 1 ; 9, 33, 4.<br />(2) <b>abdīcō</b>, dīxī, [[dictum]], ĕre, tr., [t. de la langue relig.], refuser, repousser, ne pas consentir à : cum [[Attus]] [[Navius]] in [[quattuor]] partes vineam divisisset, tresque partes aves abdixissent Cic. Div. 1, 31, [[Attus]] [[Navius]] ayant divisé la vigne en quatre parts et les oiseaux ayant repoussé trois d’entre elles [= n’ayant pas donné de signes favorables], cf. Liv. 27, 16, 15 || [décad.] refuser, dénier.
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