accusatio
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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
accūsātĭo: ōnis, f. id.,
I complaint, accusation, indictment.
I In abstr.: ratio judiciorum ex accusatione et defensione constat, Cic. Off. 2, 14: comparare and constituere accusationem, to bring in, Cic. Verr. 1, 1: intentare, Tac. A. 6, 4: capessere, id. ib. 4, 52: exercere, id. H. 2, 10: factitare, to pursue or urge, Cic. Brut. 34: accusatione desistere, to desist from, give up, id. Fragm. Corn. ap. Ascon.; later, demittere, Aur. Vict. 28, 2: accusationi respondere, to answer, Cic. Clu. 3.—
II In concr., the bill of indictment, the action or suit: in accusationis septem libris, i. e. in the Orations against Verres, Cic. Or. 29, 103; so Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 110.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
accūsātĭō,⁹ ōnis, f. (accuso), action d’accuser, d’incriminer ;
1 accusation, [surtout au sens judiciaire] : Cic. Cæl. 6 ; 30 ; Verr. 1, 1, 56, etc. : accusationem adornare Cic. Mur. 46 ; comparare Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 2 ; factitare Cic. Br. 130 ; suscipere Cic. Clu. 48, préparer, disposer une accusation ; faire métier d’accusateur, se charger d’une accusation ; accusationes exercere Tac. H. 2, 10, faire métier de délateur
