noun

cŏërcĭtĭo

gen. cŏërcĭtōnis · gender feminine · decl. 3rd

(in MSS. also , , ), , coërceo, II.

a restraining; coercing; coercion; restraint

a restraining, coercing; coercion, restraint, compulsion, chastisement, punishment (not ante-Aug.).

Prop.: coërcitionem inhibere, Liv. 4, 53, 7: sine coërcitione magistratus, on… ••

Prop.: coërcitionem inhibere, Liv. 4, 53, 7: sine coërcitione magistratus, on the part of the magistrates, id. 26, 36, 12: quo modo judex doceri potest, si desit... interpellantis coërcitio, contentio? * Quint. 9, 2, 2: servorum, Sen. Brev. Vit. 3, 2: indignamur aliquā admonitione aut coërcitione nos castigatos, id. Ira, 2, 28, 1: vetustissimi mortalium,... sine probro, scelere eoque sine poenā aut coërcitionibus agebant, Tac. A. 3, 26: an coërceri... cupidines possent, num coërcitio plus damni in rempublicam ferret, id. ib. 3, 52.—

The right of coercing; punishing •

The right of coercing or punishing: popinarum, Suet. Claud. 38: in histriones, id. Aug. 45; Dig. 1, 21, 5, § 1.

Perseus ID: n8895 Key: coercitio