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dēdĭtĭo , ōnis, f. dedo, no. I. B.,
I.a (military) giving up, a surrender, capitulation (freq. in the historians).—With subj. gen.: “deditio sui,” Curt. 5, 1, 18.— Plur.: “deditiones cohortium,” Tac. H. 3, 70. —With gen. obj.: “ipsius corporis,” Dig. 9, 4, 1; Liv. 31, 18, 6; but usually absol.: “Helvetii legatos de deditione ad eum miserunt,” Caes. B. G. 1, 27; cf.: “de deditione agere,” id. B. C. 3, 28; 3, 97: “aliquem in deditionem petere,” Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 23, 7: “aliquem in deditionem accipere,” id. B. G. 1, 28; 2, 13; Sall. J. 29, 5; Liv. 23, 30 et saep.: “seque in deditionem ut recipiat,” Caes. B. G. 3, 21 fin.: “in deditionem redigere,” Flor. 3, 10, 25: “deditionis condicio,” Caes. B. G. 2, 32: “deditione facta,” id. ib. 2, 33: “subire deditionem,” id. B. C. 1, 81, 5: “in deditionem venire,” to surrender, id. ib. 3, 99, 3; Liv. 9, 20; 40, 33: “omissa deditione,” Sall. J. 66, 1; cf. id. ib. 70, 1 Kritz.: “deditio ad tam infestos,” Liv. 28, 22; cf.: “ad Romanos,” id. 8, 25: “cum locum tibi reliquum non modo ad pacem, sed ne ad deditionem quidem feceris,” Cic. Phil. 13, 21, 48 et saep. An unusual combination is deditionem suam ad aliquem absentem mittere, Flor. 3, 7, 5; v. Graev. ad loc.
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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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 1.27
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 2.32
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.21
    • Cicero, Philippics, 13.21.48
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 9, 20
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.81.5
    • Caesar, Civil War, 3.28
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.70
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 66
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 28, 22
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 40, 33
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 8, 25
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 18
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 23, 30
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 29
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 70
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 2.13
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 5.1.18
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