villanage
VILLANAGE
angaria (a Persian word but in use as early as the time of Cic.; Vid: Fragm. Nigidii ap. Gell. 19 14 quite at the end; frequent in the Jurisconsults; PROP. the work or service of an angarus who was originally a person bound to act as a courier in the service of the state when required): angariarum praestatio (the performance of villanage Jurisconsulti): opera serva (the service performed; after Plaut. Pers. 2 4 9). To perform villanage *angariam or operam servam praestare: Lycurgus caused the lands of the rich to be cultivated by the poor in villanage Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi ut servitio colendos dedit (Cic. Rep. 3 9).
angaria (a Persian word but in use as early as the time of Cic.; Vid: Fragm. Nigidii ap. Gell. 19 14 quite at the end; frequent in the Jurisconsults; PROP. the work or service of an angarus who was originally a person bound to act as a courier in the service of the state when required): angariarum praestatio (the performance of villanage Jurisconsulti): opera serva (the service performed; after Plaut. Pers. 2 4 9). To perform villanage *angariam or operam servam praestare: Lycurgus caused the lands of the rich to be cultivated by the poor in villanage Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi ut servitio colendos dedit (Cic. Rep. 3 9).
villanage (written also VILLENAGE or VILLEINAGE : a tenure of lands and tenements by base services):
1. angăria (a Persian word, but occurring, according to Forcell., as early as Cicero's time: cf. Fragm. Nigidii [a contemporary of Cic.] ap. Gell. 19, 14, ad fin.): Arcad. Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 29.
2. ŏpĕra serva (the service rendered), based on Pl. Pers. 2, 4, 9.
3. *villenagium: Du Cange. Phr.: to exact v., angariare, Ulp. Dig. 49, 18, 4: to perform v., angariam s. operam servam praestare (based on, angariarum praestatio, Paul Dig.), Georg.: Lycurgus gave the lands of the wealthy to the plebs to be tilled as in v., Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi ut servitio colendos dedit, Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16.
1. angăria (a Persian word, but occurring, according to Forcell., as early as Cicero's time: cf. Fragm. Nigidii [a contemporary of Cic.] ap. Gell. 19, 14, ad fin.): Arcad. Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 29.
2. ŏpĕra serva (the service rendered), based on Pl. Pers. 2, 4, 9.
3. *villenagium: Du Cange. Phr.: to exact v., angariare, Ulp. Dig. 49, 18, 4: to perform v., angariam s. operam servam praestare (based on, angariarum praestatio, Paul Dig.), Georg.: Lycurgus gave the lands of the wealthy to the plebs to be tilled as in v., Lycurgus agros locupletium plebi ut servitio colendos dedit, Cic. Rep. 3, 9, 16.