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Webster 1913 Edition

Triverbial

Tri-ver′bi-al

,
Adj.
[Pref.
tri-
+ L.
verbum
a word.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
Pertaining to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when be might speak the three characteristic words of his office, do, dico, addico. They were called dies fasti.

Webster 1828 Edition

Triverbial

TRIVERB'IAL

,
Adj.
[L. triverbium.] Triverbial days, in the Roman calendar, were juridical or court days, days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes; called also dies fasti. There were only twenty eight in the year.

Definition 2024

triverbial

triverbial

English

Adjective

triverbial ‎(not comparable)

  1. (historical, Roman antiquity) Relating to, or designating, certain days allowed to the pretor for hearing causes, when he might speak the three characteristic words of his office: "do, dico, addico".

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Etymology

tri- + Latin verbum a word.

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