applicatio
From LSJ
θεὸς δ' ἁμαρτάνουσιν οὐ παρίσταται → God doesn't stand by those who do wrong → A peccatore sese numen segregat → Ein Gott steht denen, die da freveln, niemals bei
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
applĭcātĭo: (adp-), ōnis, f. id. (only in Cic.).
I A joining or attaching one's self to; hence, trop., an inclining to, inclination: adplicatio animi, Cic. Lael. 8, 27.—
II Judic. t. t., a placing of one's self under the protection of a superior, clientship: jus applicationis, the right of inheriting the effects of such a client, Cic. de Or. 1, 39, 177 (cf. applico, I. B. 2.).