sodālitās

sŏdālĭtas, ātis, f. [sodalis].

Lit., fellowship, companionship, brotherhood, friendship, intimacy; abstr. and concr. (class.; cf.

societas): sodalitas familiaritasque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94:

summā nobilitate homo, cognatione, sodalitate, collegio,

id. Brut. 45, 166:

intima sodalitas,

Tac. A. 15, 68.—Concr.:

nunc ego de sodalitate solus sum orator datus,

Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 5. — Plur.:

aliquem a sodalitatibus abducere,

Gell. 20, 4, 3.—

Transf.

A society, association of any kind, esp. for religious purposes (syn. sodalicium):

fera quaedam sodalitas et plane pastoricia germanorum Lupercorum,

Cic. Cael. 11, 26:

SODALITAS PVDICITIAE SERVANDAE,

Inscr. Orell. 2401.—

A company assembled for feasting, a banqueting - club:

sodalitates autem me quaestore constitutae sunt sacris Idaeis... epulabar igitur cum sodalibus modice, etc.,

Cic. Sen. 13, 45.—

In a bad sense, an unlawful secret society:

eodem die senatus consultum factum est, ut sodalitates decuriatique discederent, etc.,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 5; id. Planc. 15, 37.

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fellowship, companionship, secret society.

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sŏcĭĕtas, ātis, f. [id.], fellowship, association, union, community, society (implying union for a common purpose; cf.: conjunctio, consociatio; and not a mere assembly; cf.: circulus, coetus; conventus, sodalitas; freq. and class.).

In gen.:

hominum inter ipsos societas conjunctioque,

Cic. Leg. 1, 10, 28:

(nos) natos esse ad societatem communitatemque generis humani,

id. Fin. 4, 2, 4:

societas generis humani, quam conciliavit ipsa natura,

id. Lael. 5, 20:

fides et societas generis humani,

id. N. D. 1, 2, 4:

societas et communicatio utilitatum,

id. Fin. 5, 23, 65:

nulla societas nobis cum tyrannis, sed potius summa distractio est,

id. Off. 3, 6, 32:

societatem cum aliquo coire... dirimere,

id. Phil. 2, 10, 24:

societatem coire de municipis cognitique fortunis cum alienissimo,

id. Rosc. Am. 31, 87:

quasi societatem coit conparandi cibi,

id. N. D. 2, 48, 123:

societatem confirmare,

id. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

nefarias pactiones societatesque conflare,

id. Har. Resp. 20, 42:

consiliorum omnium societas,

id. Brut. 1, 2; Hirt. B. G. 8, 3:

juris,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

humanitatis,

id. ib. 2, 26, 48:

beate et honeste vivendi,

id. ib. 4, 3, 3:

gravitatis cum humanitate,

id. Leg. 3, 1, 1:

belli,

Sall. C. 40, 1:

omnium facinorum sibi cum Dolabellā societatem initam confiteri,

Cic. Phil. 13, 17, 36:

nominum,

names in common, Plin. 17, 24, 37, § 218 et saep.; cf.: nulla sancta societas nec fides regni est, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 8, 26, and id. Rep. 1, 32 (Trag. v. 411 Vahl.):

neque naturae est societas ulla cum somniis,

Cic. Div. 2, 71, 147.—

In partic.

A copartnership, association for trading purposes.

In abstr.:

qui societatem cum Sex. Naevio fecerit, etc.... fecit societatem earum rerum, quae in Galliā comparabantur,

Cic. Quint. 3, 11:

qui magnā fide societatem gererent, etc.,

id. ib. 3, 13:

cum annos jam compluris societas esset,

id. ib. 4, 14:

quae (pecunia) tibi ex societate debeatur,

id. Rosc. Com. 6, 16:

societatem contrahere,

Dig. 17, 2, 5; 17, 2, 74:

coire,

ib. 17, 2, 1 sq.; 17, 2, 5.— Plur.:

societates contrahuntur sive universorum bonorum, sive negotiationis alicujus, sive vectigalis, sive etiam rei unius,

Dig. 17, 2, 5.—

In concr., a company or society of the farmers of the public revenue:

nulla Romae societas vectigalium, nullum collegium aut concilium, etc.,

Cic. Sest. 14, 32; cf. id. Fam. 13, 9, 2:

si omnes societates venerunt, quarum ex numero multi sedent judices,

id. Mur. 33, 69:

provinciarum,

Caes. B. C. 3, 3 fin.:

maximarum societatum auctor,

Cic. Planc. 13, 32; Plin. 33, 7, 40, § 118. —

A political league, an alliance, confederacy:

cum Ptolemaeo societas erat facta,

Caes. B. C. 3, 107 fin.:

Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt,

id. B. G. 6, 2:

Leptitani Romam miserant amicitiam societatemque rogatum,

Sall. J. 77, 2;

so with amicitia,

id. ib. 83, 1:

impellere ad societatem belli,

id. C. 40, 1:

cum Lacedaemonii in societate non manerent,

Nep. Con. 2, 2:

Ioniam a societate averterunt Atheniensium,

id. Alcib. 4, 7:

societatem alicujus induere,

Tac. A. 12, 13.

sŏdālĭcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sodalis].

Of or belonging to a sodalis; of or belonging to fellowship or companionship (as adj. very rare):

jure sodalicio mihi junctus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 46 (al. sodalicii); Just. 20, 4, 14:

Druidae sodaliciis astricti consortiis,

Amm. 15, 9, 8.—

In a bad sense, secret:

collegia sodalicia,

pertaining to an unlawful secret association, Dig. 47, 22, 1.—

Subst.: sŏdālĭcĭum ( - tĭum), ii, n.

Lit., a fellowship, friendly intercourse or intimacy, brotherhood, companionship, etc. (syn. sodalitas):

fraternum vere dulce sodalicium,

Cat. 100, 4; cf. Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. —

Transf.

An association, company, society, or college of any kind:

CVLTORVM HERCVLIS,

Inscr. Orell. 2404; cf. ib. 2402:

FVLLONVM,

ib. 4056.—

A company assembled for feasting, a banquetingclub, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64.—

In a bad sense, an unlawful secret society (for buying votes, plotting against the State, etc.; cf.

hetaeriae): lex Licinia, quae est de sodaliciis,

Cic. Planc. 15, 36: in hos sodaliciorum tribuario crimine, id. ib. 19, 47:

Mariana sodalicia,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116.

sŏdālĭcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sodalis].

Of or belonging to a sodalis; of or belonging to fellowship or companionship (as adj. very rare):

jure sodalicio mihi junctus,

Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 46 (al. sodalicii); Just. 20, 4, 14:

Druidae sodaliciis astricti consortiis,

Amm. 15, 9, 8.—

In a bad sense, secret:

collegia sodalicia,

pertaining to an unlawful secret association, Dig. 47, 22, 1.—

Subst.: sŏdālĭcĭum ( - tĭum), ii, n.

Lit., a fellowship, friendly intercourse or intimacy, brotherhood, companionship, etc. (syn. sodalitas):

fraternum vere dulce sodalicium,

Cat. 100, 4; cf. Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext. —

Transf.

An association, company, society, or college of any kind:

CVLTORVM HERCVLIS,

Inscr. Orell. 2404; cf. ib. 2402:

FVLLONVM,

ib. 4056.—

A company assembled for feasting, a banquetingclub, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64.—

In a bad sense, an unlawful secret society (for buying votes, plotting against the State, etc.; cf.

hetaeriae): lex Licinia, quae est de sodaliciis,

Cic. Planc. 15, 36: in hos sodaliciorum tribuario crimine, id. ib. 19, 47:

Mariana sodalicia,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116.