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damnatio ad bestias

damnatio ad bestias noun: a form of ancient Roman capital punishment in which the condemned was killed by wild animals, usually lions.

Noun

damnatio ad bestias (uncountable)

  1. (historical) A form of ancient Roman capital punishment in which the condemned was killed by wild animals, usually lions.

Origin of damnatio ad bestias

Latin [Term?] (literally “condemnation to beasts”)

Questions about damnatio ad bestias

What does damnatio ad bestias mean?
Damnatio ad bestias means a form of ancient Roman capital punishment in which the condemned was killed by wild animals, usually lions.
What part of speech is damnatio ad bestias?
Damnatio ad bestias is a noun.

Words near damnatio ad bestias in the dictionary

  1. damnable
  2. damnableness
  3. damnablenesses
  4. damnably
  5. damnacanthal
  6. damnatio ad bestias
  7. damnatio memoriae
  8. damnation
  9. damnation of memory
  10. damnations
  11. damnatory

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