Latin

Noun

vindicta f ‎(genitive vindictae); first declension

1. ceremonial staff used in manumission
2. punishment, vengeance

   Familia Griffini ad modum cxl dolo optimatum Sratewi ceciderunt; in cuius vindicta rex Grifinus Demetiam et Stratewi devastavit...

   "The family of Gruffydd to the measure of 140 [people] fell by treachery to the nobles of Ystrad Tywi; in punishment for which, King Gruffydd devastated Dyfed and Ystrad Tywi..." (Annales Cambriae, B Text)

3. redress, satisfaction
4. a means of vindication

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• vindico

Descendants

References

• vindicta in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vindicta in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• VINDICTA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “vindicta”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• vindicta in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• vindicta in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin