property Copy link Outline I. Special quality, peculiarityII. What is possessed1. bŏna, orum3. fortūnae (a larger and more comprehensive term than either of preced.)4. census, ūs • property: I. Special quality, peculiarity: proprĭĕtas (peculiarity or sum total of peculiarities); or expr. by proprius (esp. in phr., proprium est); etc.: v. feature (II.); quality. II. What is possessed: 1. bŏna, orum: to sell p. and confiscate the proceeds, bona vendere atque in publicum redigere, Liv. 4, 15, extr.: to squander one's hereditary p., b. patria abligurire, Ter. Eun. 2, 2, 4: cf. Cic. Par. 1, 1, 7. Join: bona, fortunae, possessiones, Cic. Caec. 13, 38. 2. res, rĕi, f.: esp. in phr., res familiaris, private p., Caes. B. G. 1, 18: also, res privata, Cic. Fam. 9, 7 (as opp. to state revenues). Or without adj., Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 10 (res eos jam pridem, fides deficere nuper coepit): Hor. 3. fortūnae (a larger and more comprehensive term than either of preced.): money and p., pecunia fortunaeque, Cic. R. Am. 3, init.: cf. id. Tusc. 1, 6, 12, M. Crassum qui illas fortunas (all that wealth and position) morte dimiserit. Less freq. sing.: what avails me p., if I may not use it? quo mihi fortuna si non conceditur uti? Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 12. See also fortune, riches. 4. census, ūs: v. fortune (III., 2). (N.B.--Sometimes the word need not be expressed; as in the case of neut. pl. of possess. prons.: e. g., my p., thy p., etc., mea, tua, etc.: I carry all my p. with me, omnia mea porto mecum, Cic. Par. 1, 1, 8: also where a poss. case follows the verb sum: all things are the p. of the victors, omnia sunt victoris: L. G. § 266.)