noun
herctum
Meaning
- an inheritance
herctum or erctum, i, n. HORCTUM et FORCTUM pro bono dicebant, Paul. ex Fest. p. 102 Müll.; perh. kindr. with heres. In the old jurid. lang.,
I. an inheritance, estate, patrimony; only in the connection herctum (erct-) ciere (whence is derived herciscere), to divide an inheritance:
qui, quibus verbum herctum cieri oporteat, nesciat, Cic. de Or. 1, 56, 237: herctum non citum, an undivided inheritance, Gell. 1, 9, 12; cf. Don. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 8, 642: herctum citum fit inter consortes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 82 Müll.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
herctum ī, n
* hercio; cf. heres, an inheritance, patrimony : herctum ciere, to demand a partition .