I.belonging to a surrender or capitulation; and subst. dediticius , ii, m., one who has surrendered or capitulated, a captive: “quicquid deinde patiemur, dediticii vestri passuri,” Liv. 7, 31; cf. Gai. Inst. 1, 14; Isid. Orig. 9, 4, 49; so Caes. B. G. 1, 27, 4; 2, 17; Sall. J. 31, 19; Liv. 7, 38 al.—According to a decree of the Lex Aelia Sentia (A. U. C. 757), slaves who had suffered an infamous punishment were to be by manumission only dediticiorum numero, Gai. Inst. 1, 13 and 15; Just. Inst. 1, 5, 3; Sanders ad loc.
dēdĭtīcĭus or -tĭus , a, um, adj. deditio,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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