noun #175

jūdĭcĭum

gen. jūdĭcii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

a judgment; a judicial investigation, trial; a judicial sentence

a judgment, i. e. a judicial investigation, trial; a judicial sentence (class.).

to give his vote;; to allow, grant a trial •••

Lit.: omnia judicia aut distrahendarum controversiarum aut puniendorum maleficiorum causā reperta sunt, Cic. Caecin. 2: dignitatis meae, concerning, id. Brut. 1, 1: praetor judicium prius de probro, quam de re fieri maluit, id. Quint. 2: de alicujus meritis judicia facere, id. Or. 41, 140: de mea fide, id. Fam. 11, 29, 2: de se, Caes. B. G. 1, 41, 2: inter sicarios, for assassination, Cic. Rosc. Am. 5, 11: adducere causam aliquam in judicium, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 7, 18: judicio aliquid defendere, id. Quint. 20, 62: agere, to settle a dispute, Plin. 9, 35, 58, § 120: ferre, to give his vote; of a judge (different from sententiam ferre, to pass sentence), Cic. Tog. Cand. p. 525 Orell.: exercere, id. Q. Fr. 2, 16, 3: vocare aliquem in judicium, to summon before court, id. Balb. 28, 64: judicio quempiam arcessere, to sue, id. Fl. 6, 14: sistere in judicium, to set before the court, Dig. 2, 5, 4: dare, to allow, grant a trial, of the prætor who proposes the judges: in Lurconis libertum judicium ex edicto dedit, Cic. Fl. 35, 88: judicium accipere, suscipere, to undertake a legal trial, id. Quint. 20, 62; Dig. 5, 3, 7: pati, to submit to, Cic. Quint. 20, 63: damnatus inani judicio Marius, Juv. 1, 48. —

by extension

A court of justice •

A court of justice: at ille in judicium venit, Nep. Ep. 8: judicium clauserat militibus armatis, Quint. 4, 2, 25. —

a judgment, decision, opinion ••

Beyond the legal sphere, a judgment, decision, opinion with regard to any thing: meum semper judicium fuit, omnia nostros invenisse per se sapientius quam, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 1, 1: decima legio per tribunos militum ei gratias egit, quod de se optimum judicium fecisset, Caes. B. G. 1, 41: judicium facere, quanti quisque sibi faciendus esset, to judge, decide, Cic. Fam. 13, 29, 1: meo judicio, in my judgment, according to my opinion, id. Brut. 8, 32; Quint. 9, 3, 59: ex alicujus judicio, Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 108: de quo homine vos tanta et tam praeclara judicia fecistis, i. e. by conferring honors on him, id. de Imp. Pomp. 15, 43.—

The power of judging, judgment, discernment ••

The power of judging, judgment, discernment: studio optimo, judicio minus firmo praeditus, Cic. Or. 7, 24; id. Fam. 9, 6, 4: intellegens, id. Opt. Gen. Or. 4, 11: subtile, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 242: si quid mei judicii est, if I can judge of it, Cic. Fin. 2, 12, 36: videor id judicio facere, i. e. with discretion, good judgment, id. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5, § 18; so Caes. B. G. 5, 27; Cic. Div. 2, 13, 30 dub.: adhibere, Tac. H. 1, 83: acri judicio perpendere aliquid, Lucr. 2, 1042.—

Judicial harangues, speeches in court •

Judicial harangues, speeches in court: illa mala judicia, Quint. 10, 1, 70.

Perseus ID: n25293 Key: judicium