(adj.adj.) : sŏdālĭcĭus (-tĭus), a, um, adj. sodalis.
* Of or belonging to a sodalis; of or belonging to fellowship or companionship (as adj. very rare): jure sodalicio mihi junctus,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 46 (al. sodalicii); Just. 20, 4, 14: Druidae sodaliciis astricti consortiis,Amm. 15, 9, 8.
* In a bad sense, secret: collegia sodalicia,pertaining to an unlawful secret association,Dig. 47, 22, 1.
* Subst.: sŏdālĭcĭum (-tĭum), ii, n.
* Lit., a fellowship, friendly intercourse or intimacy, brotherhood, companionship, etc. (syn. sodalitas): fraternum vere dulce sodalicium,Cat. 100, 4; cf. Val. Max. 4, 7, 1 ext.
* Transf.
* An association, company, society, or college of any kind: CVLTORVM HERCVLIS,Inscr. Orell. 2404; cf. ib. 2402: FVLLONVM,ib. 4056.—*
* A company assembled for feasting, a banquetingclub, Auct. Her. 4, 51, 64.
* In a bad sense, an unlawful secret society (for buying votes, plotting against the State, etc.; cf. hetaeriae): lex Licinia, quae est de sodaliciis,Cic. Planc. 15, 36: in hos sodaliciorum tribuario crimine, id. ib. 19, 47: Mariana sodalicia,Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 116.