noun · neutersecond declension
iūstitium
iūstitium n (genitive iūstitiī or iūstitī)
Meaning
- cessation of public business (especially in the courts)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | iūstitium | iūstitia |
| genitive | iūstitiī iūstitī | iūstitiōrum |
| dative | iūstitiō | iūstitiīs |
| accusative | iūstitium | iūstitia |
| ablative | iūstitiō | iūstitiīs |
| vocative | iūstitium | iūstitia |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- iustitium remittere
- to re-open the courts.
- iustitium indicere, edicere (Phil. 5. 12)
- to proclaim that the courts are closed, a cessation of legal business.
justĭtĭum, ii, n. 2. jus-sisto,
I. a cessation from business in the courts of justice, a legal vacation, Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 31:
justitium per aliquot dies servatum est, Liv. 3, 5: justitiumque in foro sua sponte coeptum prius quam indictum, id. 9, 7: prope justitium omnium rerum futurum videbatur, id. 26, 26, 9: remittere, to put an end to a suspension of legal proceedings, to cause the courts to resume their business, id. 10, 21. —II. In gen., a cessation of public business, a public mourning:
hos mors (Germanici) adeo incendit, ut, sumpto justitio, deserentur foro, Tac. A. 2, 82: arcis triste tyrannicae, Prud. Cath. 5, 80; so, in a household, a suspension of business for mourning the dead, Sid. Ep. 2, 8. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
iūstitium n
2 ius+STA-, a suspension of the courts, judicial vacation, holiday: iustitium edici oportere: quadriduum, L.: iustitium remittitur, L.—A public mourning, Ta.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh₂ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin iūstitium From iūs + sistō + -ium.