See Orcinus on Wiktionary
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"(politics, historical) Roman senators who had been granted their position of authority by a document, supposedly written by Julius Caesar, that had only been publicized by Mark Antony after the dictator's death"
],
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"ref": "Digesta, 26 4.3",
"text": "In qua specie incipit tutela ad liberos patroni primos pertinere, quae ad patronos non pertinuit: quod quidem in omnibus Orcinis libertis locum habet testamento manumissis."
}
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"Ancient Roman freedmen who had been set free by the last testament of their masters"
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"(historical) Ancient Roman freedmen who had been set free by the last testament of their masters"
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"ipa": "/orˈkiː.nus/",
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"Classical-Latin"
]
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"Classical-Latin"
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},
{
"ipa": "/orˈt͡ʃi.nus/",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
},
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"ipa": "[orˈt͡ʃiːnus]",
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}
],
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}
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