noun #2784

partĭcĭpĭum

gen. partĭcĭpii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

a sharing; partaking; participation

a sharing, partaking, participation.

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Lit. (post-class.): omni ad illa participio in posterum abstinere, Cod. Just. 1, 4, 34, § 3. —Far more freq.,

a participle by extension

Transf., in gram., a verbal form which partakes of the functions of a noun, a participle, Varr. L. L. 8, § 58; 9, § 110 Müll.; Quint. 1, 4, 19; 27; 1, 5, 47 et saep.

Perseus ID: n33966 Key: participium