confisco

I. perf., ātum, 1, v. a. fiscus (post-Aug.).

I. To lay up in a chest: quam (summam) et confiscatam semper repositamque habuerat, Suet. Aug. 101.—

B. Trop.: felices pauperes, qui totam animam in confiscato habent, Tert. Fuga, 12.—

II. To seize upon for the public treasury, to confiscate: HS. milies, Suet. Calig. 16: alienissimas hereditates, id. Dom. 12.—

B. Transf., of the person whose property has been confiscated: devictis his et confiscatis, Suet. Aug. 15; so, principes, id. Tib. 49: duos equites Romanos, id. Calig. 41; Dig. 27, 3, 9, § 6; cf. confiscatio.