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plagium.

manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves

7 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈpɫa.ɡi.ũː]Classical-Latin[ˈplaː.d͡ʒi.um]
  1. manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves

    declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Probably from or related to plaga (“hunting net”), thus originally meaning "a catching", from Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ- (“to weave”). See also plectō (“to weave”).

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