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sororius

sororius, of a sister, sisterly

sŏrōrĭus, a, um, adj. [soror].
  • In gen., of or belonging to a sister, sisterly: cena, made because a sister was found, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 60 (658): stupra, with a sister, Cic. Sest. 7, 16: moenia, i.e. of Dido, Ov. F. 3, 559: oscula, as a sister gives to a brother, sisterly, id. M. 4, 334; 9, 539.—
  • II In partic.: Sororium Tigillum, the Sister's beam, a place in Rome sacred to Juno, where Horatius was obliged to creep under a beam laid across the way as a punishment for having killed his sister, Liv. 1, 26, 13; Aur. Vict. Vir. Ill. 4; Fest. pp. 297 and 307 Müll.

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