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|lshtext=<b>vindĭco</b>: (on [[account]] of a supposed [[derivation]] from [[venum]] - [[dico]], also written vendĭco), āvi, ātum, 1 (collat. form, acc. to the 3d conj., VINDICIT, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1 fin.), v. a. vim - [[dico]], [[prop]]. to [[assert]] [[authority]], viz. in a [[case]] [[where]] [[legal]] [[possession]] of a [[thing]] claimed is refused; [[hence]], transf.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[lay]] [[legal]] [[claim]] to a [[thing]], [[whether]] as one's [[own]] [[property]] or for its [[restoration]] to a [[free]] [[condition]].<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: IN. IVS. DVCITO. NI IVDICATVM FACIT AVT QVIS ENDO EOM IVRE VINDICIT, i. e. eum in jure vindicat, XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 20, 1, 45; cf., on the form of laying [[claim]] to [[disputed]] [[personal]] [[property]], Gai Inst. 4, 16: vindicare sponsam in libertatem, Liv. 3, 45, 11; cf. id. 3, 48, 5; 3, 46, 7: puellam, id. 3, 46, 3: ita vindicatur [[Virginia]] spondentibus propinquis, id. 3, 46, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., in gen. (freq. and [[class]].; cf. [[assero]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[lay]] [[claim]] to as one's [[own]], to [[make]] a [[claim]] [[upon]], to [[demand]], [[claim]], [[arrogate]], [[assume]], [[appropriate]] a [[thing]]: omnia non Quiritium sed sapientium jure pro suis vindicare, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27: videor id meo jure quodam [[modo]] vindicare, id. Off. 1, 1, 2: Homerum ... Chii suum vindicant, id. Arch. 8, 19: ortūs nostri partem [[patria]] vindicat, id. Off. 1, 7, 22: maximam partem [[quasi]] suo jure Fortuna sibi vindicat, id. Marcell. 2, 6: ceterarum rerum quae sunt in oratore, partem [[aliquam]] sibi [[quisque]] vindicat, id. Or. 19, 69: [[quod]] [[neque]] summi imperatores ... sibi [[umquam]] vindicare sunt ausi, Quint. 1, prooem. § 14: partem oneris tui mihi [[vindico]], Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2: majestatem sibi, id. [[Pan]]. 42, 1: partis sibi aequas potentiae, Suet. Tib. 50; id. Tit. 5; Sen. Ira, 3, 30, 3; id. Cons. Helv. 3, 9; id. Q. N. 1, 1, 10; Val. Max. 4, 3, 1; 5, 3, ext. 2; cf. Plin. [[Pan]]. 8, 2; Val. Max. 4, 5, 3: iniquissima haec bellorum [[condicio]] est; prospera omnes sibi vindicant, adversa uni imputantur, Tac. Agr. 27: victoriae majore parte ad se vindicatā, Liv. 44, 14, 8: [[decus]] belli ad se, id. 9, 43, 14: tanta [[tamen]] universae Galliae [[consensio]] fuit libertatis vindicandae, ut, etc., should be maintained, vindicated, Caes. B. G. 7, 76: Trasimenum pro Tarsimeno multi auctores ... vindicaverunt, [[have]] [[adopted]], Quint. 1, 5, 13; so id. 1, 5, 26: vindicet antiquam faciem, vultusque ferinos Detrahat, reassume, Ov. M. 2, 523.—Poet., [[with]] inf.: vindicat hoc Pharius dextrā gestare [[satelles]], Luc. 8, 675.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[place]] a [[thing]] in a [[free]] [[condition]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In libertatem vindicare, to [[set]] [[free]], to [[free]], [[emancipate]]: in libertatem rem populi, Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 48: ex dominatu Ti. Gracchi in libertatem rem publicam, id. Brut. 58, 212: rem publicam afflictam et oppressam in veterem dignitatem ac libertatem, i. e. to [[restore]], id. Fam. 2, 5, 2: Galliam in libertatem, Caes. B. G. 7, 1: se et populum Romanum in libertatem, id. B. C. 1, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[deliver]], [[liberate]], [[protect]], [[defend]]: te ab eo [[vindico]] et [[libero]], Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3, § 9: nos a verberibus, ab [[unco]], a crucis terrore [[neque]] res gestae [[neque]] [[acta]] [[aetas]] [[neque]] vestri honores vindicabunt? id. Rab. Perd. 5, 16: [[sapientia]] sola nos a libidinum impetu et formidinum terrore vindicat, id. Fin. 1, 14, 46: [[quin]] ab hoc ignotissimo Phryge nobilissimum civem vindicetis? id. Fl. 17, 40: aliquem a miseriis morte, id. Brut. 96, 329: a molestiā, id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 2: a labore, id. Sull. 9, 26: domum suam a solitudine, id. de Or. 1, 45, 199: laudem summorum oratorum ab oblivione hominum [[atque]] a silentio, [[rescue]], id. ib. 2, 2, 7: sed ab hac [[necessitate]] [[egregie]] vos [[fortuna]] vindicat, Liv. 37, 54, 10: corpora a putrescendo (sal), Plin. 31, 9, 45, § 98: [[ebur]] a carie ([[vetus]] [[oleum]]), id. 15, 7, 7, § 32: capillum a canitie, id. 28, 11, 46, § 164: se non [[modo]] ex suspitione tanti sceleris, [[verum]] [[etiam]] ex omni hominum sermone, Cic. Sull. 20, 59: perpetienda [[illa]] fuerunt, ut se [[aliquando]] ad suos vindicaret, [[might]] [[restore]], id. Rab. Post. 9, 25: [[quam]] dura ad saxa revinctam Vindicat [[Alcides]], sets [[free]], Ov. M. 11, 213: [[tandem]] [[absolutus]] vindicatusque est ([[reus]]), Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> With [[respect]] to [[some]] [[wrong]] perpetrated (cf. [[ulciscor]]), to [[avenge]], [[revenge]], [[punish]]; to [[take]] [[vengeance]] on [[any]] one; [[make]] [[compensation]] for: omnia quae vindicaris in altero, sibi ipsi [[vehementer]] fugienda sunt, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 2, § 4: [[maleficium]] in aliis vindicare, id. Sull. 6, 19: [[facinus]] in nullo [[etiam]], id. Verr. 2, 3, 84, § 194: dolum [[malum]] et legibus, id. Off. 3, 15, 61. acerrime maleficia, id. Rosc. Am. 5, 12: consensionem improborum supplicio omni, id. Lael. 12, 43: eam rem [[quam]] [[vehementer]], id. Quint. 7, 28: Ti. Gracchi [[conatus]] perditos, id. Off. 1, 30, 109: necem Crassi, Ov. F. 6, 468: offensas ense, id. Tr. 3, 8, 40: fortuita non civium [[tantummodo]] sed urbium damna principis [[munificentia]] vindicat, Vell. 2, 126, 4.—Impers. [[pass]].: [[fateor]] non [[modo]] in socios, sed [[etiam]] in cives militesque nostros [[persaepe]] esse [[severe]] ac [[vehementer]] vindicatum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50, § 133: vindicandum in eos, Sall. J. 31, 18: vindicatum in eos, qui, etc., id. C. 9, 4; cf.: in quos (Venetos) eo gravius [[Caesar]] vindicandum statuit, quo diligentius, etc., Caes. B. G. 3, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf. ([[after]] the [[analogy]] of ulcisci): vindicare se ab (de) [[aliquo]], to [[revenge]] one's [[self]] [[upon]] one: se ab [[illo]], Sen. Ben. 6, 5, 3: se de fortunā praefationibus, Plin. Ep. 4, 11, 14.—Pass.: quantā saevitiā [[opus]] erat, ut [[Sulla]] de Mario vindicaretur, Flor. 3, 21, 19.