I. of or belonging to fruit, fruit-bearing, fruitful: “palmes,” Col. 5, 6, 29; Plin. 17, 22, 35, § 181: “rami olcae,” Col. 5, 9, 15: “oculi vitis,” id. 3, 18, 4: “pars villae,” that serves for laying up the fruits in, id. 1, 6, 1 and 9: “scrofa,” Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 17: agri, for which a portion of the produce is paid, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 9, 4.—
II. Of or belonging to usufruct, usufructuary (jurid. Lat.): “servus,” of whom one has merely the usufruct, Dig. 41, 1, 37; 63; Paul. Sent. 5, 7, 3: stipulati, a stipulation by a litigant in possession ad interim, by which he shall repay twice the mesne profits if finally defeated in the suit, Gai. Inst. 4, 166; Dig. 45, 1, 4: “judicium,” a special mode of procedure for receiving mesne profits, Gai. Inst. 4, 169.—
B. Subst.: fructŭārĭus , ii, m., and fructŭārĭa , ae, f., in an act. sense, one who has the usufruct of a thing, a usufructuary, Dig. 7, 1, 22 sq.; 24; 58 al.
