vindicta

== Latin == === Etymology === From vim dicare, or vindicō. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [wɪnˈdɪk.ta] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [vinˈdik.ta] === Noun === vindicta f (genitive vindictae); first declension ceremonial staff used in manumission Synonym: festūca punishment, vengeance Synonyms: vindicātiō, poena, supplicium, pūnītiō, mercēs, pretium, animadversus, malum Familia Griffini ad modum cxl dolo optimatum Sratewi ceciderunt; in cuius vindicta rex Grifinus Demetiam et Stratewi devastavit... ― The family of Gruffydd to the measure of 140 [people] fell by treachery to the nobles of Ystrad Tywi; in punishment for which, King Gruffydd devastated Dyfed and Ystrad Tywi... (Annales Cambriae, B Text) redress, satisfaction a means of vindication ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== vindicō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “vindicta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vindicta”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "vindicta", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “vindicta”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “vindicta”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “vindicta”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vindicta. Doublet of vendetta. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /binˈdiɡta/ [bĩn̪ˈd̪iɣ̞.t̪a] Rhymes: -iɡta Syllabification: vin‧dic‧ta === Noun === vindicta f (plural vindictas) vengeance Synonym: venganza === Further reading === “vindicta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025