Significatio vocis Orcinus | Babel Free

Definitiones

1. of or pertaining to the underworld in Roman mythology
   Roman, adjective, declension-1, declension-2
2. 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
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2, historical
3. Ancient Roman freedmen who had been set free by the last testament of their masters
   adjective, declension-1, declension-2, historical

Exempla

“Erant enim super mille, et quidam indignissimi et post necem Caesaris per gratiam et praemium adlecti, quos orcinos vulgus vocabat”

There were now more than a thousand certainly unworthy senators chosen after the killing of Caesar through corruption and bribery who the common folk were calling "Orcini."

“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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