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extrānĕus , a, um, adj. extra,
I.that is without, external, extraneous, strange, foreign (mostly post-Aug.; syn.: peregrinus, alienus, adventicius, externus).
I. In gen.: “causa,” Auct. Her. 3, 2, 2: “cognomen,” id. ib. 4, 31, 42.—
II. In partic., with respect to one's family, strange, not related, foreign.—Esp.
A. Leg. t. t.: heredes extranei, not of one's blood or household: “ceteri, qui testatoris juri subjecti non sunt, extranei heredes appellantur,” Gai. Inst. 2, 161; Dig. 45, 3, 11 et saep.—
B. Subst.: extrānĕus , i, m., a stranger: “ut non tam in extraneum translatum quam in familiam reversum videretur,” Just. 1, 10: “filiam extraneorum coetu prohibere,” Suet. Aug. 69; id. Claud. 4 fin.: “finis vitae ejus nobis luctuosus, amicis tristis, extraneis etiam ignotisque non sine cura fuit,” Tac. Agr. 43; id. A. 4, 11; Plin. 28, 4, 7, § 39; Vulg. Psa. 68, 9 al.—Hence, adv.: extrā-nĕe , strangely, impertinently: definire, Boëth. Arist. Top. 1, 14.
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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    • Old Testament, Psalm, 68.9
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 69
    • Tacitus, Annales, 4.11
    • Tacitus, Agricola, 43
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 4
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 28.39
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