ab-dīco
ab-dīco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. A word peculiar to augural and judicial lang. (opp. addīco). * Of an unfavorable omen, nod to assent to: cum tres partes (vineae) aves abdixissent, Cic. Div. 1, 17, 31.— In judicial lang.: abdicere vindicias ab aliquo, to take away by sentence (=abjudicare), Dig. 1, 2, 24 (cf. Liv. 3, 56, 4).