sodalitius

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

I.

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.—

B.

In a bad sense, secret:

collegia sodalicia,

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

II.

Subst.: sŏdālĭcĭum ( -tĭum ), ii, n.

A.

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. —

B.

Transf.

1.

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

CVLTORVM HERCVLIS,

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

FVLLONVM,

ib. 4056.—

* 2.

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

3.

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.