Meaning of officium | Babel Free

Definitions

1. duty, service, office
   declension-2, neuter
2. obligation, an obligatory service, visit, or gesture
   declension-2, figuratively, neuter
3. kindness, favor, courtesy
   declension-2, neuter

Equivalents

Examples

“Exsecūtiō officiī plērumque certum suae ūtilitātis proximae sacrificium implicat.”

The performance of a duty usually involves a certain sacrifice of one's own immediate benefit.

“Atque nostrīs mīlitibus cunctantibus, māximē propter altitūdinem maris, quī decimae legiōnis aquilam ferēbat, contestātus deōs, ut ea rēs legiōnī fēlīciter ēvenīret: “Dēsilīte,” inquit, “mīlitēs, nisi vultis aquilam hostibus prōdere; ego certē meum reī pūblicae atque imperātōrī officium praestiterō!””

And while our soldiers were hesitating [to attempt coming ashore], especially due to the depth of the sea, the man who carried the eagle of the Tenth Legion, after calling upon the gods to witness that the battle might turn out favorably for the legion, exclaimed: “Jump down, fellow soldiers, unless you wish to betray your eagle to the enemy; I, certainly, shall have done my duty to the republic and my commander!”

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