verb
hercisco
Meaning
- to proceed to the division of an inheritance
hercisco or ercisco, ĕre, v. a. contr. from herctum or erctum and cisco, as a v. inch. from cieo; cf. herctum, in the old jurid. lang.,
I. to proceed to the division of an inheritance, to divide an inheritance.
I. Lit.:
idcirco qui, quibus verbum herctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, idem herciscundae familiae causam agere non possit, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237: arbitrum familiae herciscundae postulavit, id. Caecin. 7, 19; Dig. 10, 2; cf. App. M. 9, p. 229.—II. Transf.:
nos viae herciscundae contendentes, i. e. disputing as to which way we should take, App. M. 6, p. 186.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
hercīscō —, —, ere, inch.
cf. herctum, to divide an inheritance : arbiter familiae herciscundae.