dedication Copy link Outline 1. dēdĭcātio2. nuncŭpātio (only of a book) • dedication: 1. dēdĭcātio: d. of a temple, aedis d., Liv.: Suet. (Not dicatio in this sense.) 2. nuncŭpātio (only of a book): Plin. (For the difference between dedico and consecro, v. to dedicate.)
DEDICATION Copy link • DEDICATIONdedicatio (dedication of a thing): consecratio (dedication of a person; e.g., of a priest; Vid: INSCRIPPT., Grut. 303, 2. On the distinction between dedicatio and consecratio, Vid: CONSECRATE): cf., inauguratio is without classical authority: dicatio (Cic., ; not in this sense). Dedication of a book, *dedicatio.