divorce (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dĭvortium2. rĕpŭdium (strictly of marriages contracted for, not effected3. diffarreātio (of a marriage effected by confarreatio • divorce (subs.): 1. dĭvortium: to effect a d., d. facere (cum aliquo, aliqua), Cic. 2. rĕpŭdium (strictly of marriages contracted for, not effected: only on the part of the husband, whereas divortium may be effected by husband or wife): to send notice of a d. (by the formula, "res tuas tibi habeto"), r. renuntiare, Pl.; r. uxori remittere, Suet.; dicere, Tac. 3. diffarreātio (of a marriage effected by confarreatio: rare): Fest.
divorce (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. nuntium mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (referring to the customary formula, v. DIVORCE, subs. II.)2. rĕmitto, 33. dīvortium facio, 34. rĕpŭdio, 1 (also used of annulling a betrothal5. expr. by mātrĭmōnium and various verbsII. Fig. • divorce (v.): I. Lit.: of the nuptial tie: 1. nuntium mitto, mīsi, missum, 3 (referring to the customary formula, v. divorce, subs. II.): to marry a second wife without d.ing the former, alteram ducere, neque n. priori mittere, Cic. Mitto is also used absol. in same sense, Ulp. Dig. 2. rĕmitto, 3: to d. one's wife, uxorem r., Suet.; more fully, repudio r., Just. 3. dīvortium facio, 3: v. divorce, subs. 4. rĕpŭdio, 1 (also used of annulling a betrothal: said of the man, whereas the preceding may be used of the woman): Suet. 5. expr. by mātrĭmōnium and various verbs: dimittere aliquam e matrimonio, Suet.; matrimonio depellere, exturbare (with violence), Tac. Phr.: to marry a woman that has d.d her husband, feminam digressam a marito ducere, Suet. II. Fig.: to separate forcibly: sējungo, dīvello: v. to separate, disjoin.
DIVORCEMENT, DIVORCE Copy link • DIVORCEMENT, DIVORCEdivortium; also discidium (considered as a separation): diffarreatio (the declaring void, or revocation of a marriage contracted by “confarreatio”): repudium (PROP. of a marriage only contracted, not solemnized; but also SYN. with divortium; Dict., Antiqq., p. 371, the sending away of a wife): an unexpected divorcement, abruptio matrimonii: to sue for a divorcement, agere de divortio. Vid: To DIVORCE.
DIVORCE Copy link • DIVORCEv. matrimonium or nuptias dirimere: to divorce a wife, divortium facere cum uxore; repudium remittere uxori; uxorem repudiare; uxorem matrimonio exigere (Vid: Ruhnken, Ter. Hec., 2, 1, 45); uxorem e matrimonio dimittere (or, if by force, expellere, to turn her out of doors): to be divorced, separari coenis et cubilibus discerni (to be separated a mensa et toro, after Tac., Hist., 5, 5, 2). FIG., To separate forcibly, Vid: To DIVIDE or To SEPARATE.