§353. Verbs of Accusing, Condemning, and Acquitting

Other constructions for the Charge or Penalty are—

• The Ablative of Price: regularly of a definite amount of fine, and often of indefinite penalties (cf. § 416):—

  • Frusinātēstertiā parteagrī damnātī; (Liv. 10.1), the people of Frusino condemned [to forfeit] a third part of their land.

• The Ablative with dē, or the Accusative with inter, in idiomatie expressions:—

  • dē aleā, for gambling; dē ambitū, for bribery.
  • dē pecūniīs repetundīs, of extortion (cf. § 352. a).
  • inter sīcāriōs (Rosc. Am. 90), as an assassin (among the assassins).
  • dē vī et mâiestātis damnātī; (Phil. 1.21), convicted of assault and treason.