Φεδεϊκόμισσα
fideicommissa, bequests
Translated by David Whitehead15 Nov 2001Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Among Romans [sc. this is the term for] things left in trust by someone about to die.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Φεδεϊκόμισσα· παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις τὰ ἐν πίστει καταλιμπανόμενα ὑπὸ τοῦ μέλλοντος τελευτᾶν.
Betacode
*fedei+ko/missa: para\ *(rwmai/ois ta\ e)n pi/stei katalimpano/mena u(po\ tou= me/llontos teleuta=n.
Notes
- See J.A. Crook, Law and Life in Rome (London 1967) 125-7.
More commonly transliterated phid- than this phed-.
Adler reports the same entry in the unpublished Lexicon codicis Barocciani 50.
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Revision history6 revisions · last 31 May 2016
- Revised — David Whitehead
- expanded note — Catharine Roth
- another note — David Whitehead
- cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Added italics — Elizabeth Vandiver
- Revised — David Whitehead
- Translated — David Whitehead