plagium

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See also: plágium

English

Etymology

From Latin plagium (“kidnapping”), compare plagiarism, probably from plaga (“a net, snare, trap”).

Noun

plagium (usually uncountable, plural plagiums)

  1. (Scots law) abduction, especially of a child

Usage notes

The Scottish common law offence of Abduction is defined as: “the carrying off or confining of a person forcibly and without lawful authority”.

In addition, a common law offence of child stealing (‘plagium’) can be committed against children below the age of puberty (under 12 years for girls and under 14 years for boys) when the abductor has no parental responsibility for the child.

References

  • OED 2nd edition 1989

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

plagium n (genitive plagiī or plagī); second declension

  1. manstealing, kidnapping, the selling of freemen as slaves
    • 3rd century CE, Iulius Paulus, Digesta Iustiniani 40.12:
      lēge Fabiā prohibētur servus, quī plagium admīsit, prō quō dominus poenam intulit, intrā decem annōs manūmittī.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plagium plagia
Genitive plagiī
plagī1 		plagiōrum
Dative plagiō plagiīs
Accusative plagium plagia
Ablative plagiō plagiīs
Vocative plagium plagia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Catalan: plagi
  • Galician: plaxio
  • Italian: plagio
  • Portuguese: plágio
  • Spanish: plagio
  • → Sicilian: plaggiu

References

  • plagium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “plagium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “plagium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • “plagium”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
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