To pay in kind

rĕ-pendo, di, sum, 3, v. a., to weigh back (syn. compenso).

Lit. (rare):

aequaque formosae pensa rependis erae,

you weigh back, return by weight, the wool weighed out, Ov. H. 9, 78:

pensa,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 41:

Ravenna ternos (asparagos) libris rependit,

i. e. produces them three to the pound, Plin. 19, 4, 4, § 54. —

Transf., to weigh in return, to pay with the same weight, purchase a thing with its weight in money.

Lit.: cui (Septumuleio) pro C. Gracchi capite erat aurum repensum, * Cic. de Or. 2, 67, 269:

cum Septumuleius Gai Gracchi auro rependendum caput abscisum ad Opimium tulerit, etc.,

Plin. 33, 3, 14, § 48; Val. Max. 9, 4, 3:

Aethiopico (magneti) laus summa datur, pondusque argento rependitur,

Plin. 36, 16, 25, § 129:

(balsamum) duplo rependebatur argento,

id. 12, 25, 54, § 117: auro repensus Miles, ransomed (syn. redemptus), Hor. C. 3, 5, 25. —

Trop.

To pay in kind, pay back, repay, requite, recompense, return, reward, in a good and bad sense ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

hac vitam servatae dote rependis?

Ov. M. 5, 15; cf.:

gratiam facto,

id. ib. 2, 694:

gratiam,

Phaedr. 2, prol. 12:

magna,

Verg. A. 2, 161:

fatis contraria fata,

to balance, id. ib. 1, 239:

pretium vitae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 100:

vices,

id. 4 (5), 4, 58:

pro officiis pretium,

Ov. Am. 2, 8, 21:

pia vota,

Stat. S. 3, 3, 155:

decus suum cuique (posteritas),

Tac. A. 4, 35:

exemplum contra singulos utilitate publicā,

id. ib. 14, 44 fin.:

ingenio formae damna,

to counterbalance, compensate, Ov. H. 15, 32; cf.:

rependere et compensare leve damnum delibatae honestatis majore aliā honestate,

Gell. 1, 3, 23:

incolumitatem turpitudine,

to pay for, purchase, Plin. Pan. 44, 5; cf.:

honorem servitute, donis, Col. praef. § 10: culpam hanc magno terrore,

Val. Fl. 6, 744:

regis pacta magno luctu,

id. 6, 4:

moestam noctem (with ulcisci socios),

Stat. Th. 8, 666.—

To weigh in the mind, to meditate upon, ponder, consider:

qui facta rependens, Consilio punire potest,

Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 228.

stī̆pendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of or belonging to tribute, liable to impost or contribution, tributary (of imposts payable in money; whereas vectigalis denotes those payable in kind; the former was held to be the most humiliating; cf. Liv. 37, 55 fin.):

civitas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 38, 39; 28, 25, 9:

Aedui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

oppidum,

Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 29:

provincia,

Flor. 2, 17: vectigal, i. e. a fixed yearly impost or contribution in money, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12:

praedia,

Gai. Inst. 2, 21.— Plur. subst.: stī̆pendĭārĭi, ōrum, m., tributaries (in money;

whereas vectigales in kind): socii stipendiariique populi Romani,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; id. Balb. 9, 24; id. Leg. 3, 18, 41; Caes. B. G. 7, 10; (opp. vectigales) Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134; id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10; cf. Liv. 24, 47; 37, 55 fin.—Sing.:

vectigalis stipendiariusque et servus populi Romani (Hannibal),

Liv. 21, 41, 7.—

In milit. lang., receiving pay, serving for pay, stipendiary:

(Romani) postquam stipendiarii facti sunt,

Liv. 8, 8, 3: cohortes, Auct. B. Afr. 43.

stī̆pendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of or belonging to tribute, liable to impost or contribution, tributary (of imposts payable in money; whereas vectigalis denotes those payable in kind; the former was held to be the most humiliating; cf. Liv. 37, 55 fin.):

civitas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 38, 39; 28, 25, 9:

Aedui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

oppidum,

Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 29:

provincia,

Flor. 2, 17: vectigal, i. e. a fixed yearly impost or contribution in money, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12:

praedia,

Gai. Inst. 2, 21.— Plur. subst.: stī̆pendĭārĭi, ōrum, m., tributaries (in money;

whereas vectigales in kind): socii stipendiariique populi Romani,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; id. Balb. 9, 24; id. Leg. 3, 18, 41; Caes. B. G. 7, 10; (opp. vectigales) Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134; id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10; cf. Liv. 24, 47; 37, 55 fin.—Sing.:

vectigalis stipendiariusque et servus populi Romani (Hannibal),

Liv. 21, 41, 7.—

In milit. lang., receiving pay, serving for pay, stipendiary:

(Romani) postquam stipendiarii facti sunt,

Liv. 8, 8, 3: cohortes, Auct. B. Afr. 43.

stī̆pendĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.].

Of or belonging to tribute, liable to impost or contribution, tributary (of imposts payable in money; whereas vectigalis denotes those payable in kind; the former was held to be the most humiliating; cf. Liv. 37, 55 fin.):

civitas,

Caes. B. G. 1, 30; Liv. 38, 39; 28, 25, 9:

Aedui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 36:

oppidum,

Plin. 5, 4, 4, § 29:

provincia,

Flor. 2, 17: vectigal, i. e. a fixed yearly impost or contribution in money, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 6, § 12:

praedia,

Gai. Inst. 2, 21.— Plur. subst.: stī̆pendĭārĭi, ōrum, m., tributaries (in money;

whereas vectigales in kind): socii stipendiariique populi Romani,

Cic. Div. in Caecil. 3, 7; id. Balb. 9, 24; id. Leg. 3, 18, 41; Caes. B. G. 7, 10; (opp. vectigales) Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 60, § 134; id. Prov. Cons. 5, 10; cf. Liv. 24, 47; 37, 55 fin.—Sing.:

vectigalis stipendiariusque et servus populi Romani (Hannibal),

Liv. 21, 41, 7.—

In milit. lang., receiving pay, serving for pay, stipendiary:

(Romani) postquam stipendiarii facti sunt,

Liv. 8, 8, 3: cohortes, Auct. B. Afr. 43.

rē-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.

To write back or in return, to reply in writing (freq. and class.).

In gen.:

antemeridianis tuis litteris heri statim rescripsi: nunc respondeo vespertinis,

Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; so,

cui rei,

id. ib. 5, 12, 3; 13, 21, 1; cf.:

litterae mihi redditae sunt a Pompeio... ei statim rescripsi, non me quaerere, etc.,

id. ib. 8, 1, 2:

ad eam (epistulam) rescribam igitur,

id. ib. 4, 16, 1:

ad litteras,

id. ib. 14, 21, 1:

ad ea, quae requisieras,

id. ib. 12, 21; cf.:

tibi ad ea quae quaeris,

id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

ad Trebatium,

id. Att. 7, 17, 4:

Pompeius rescripserat, sese, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19:

tibi meam (epistulam), quam ad eum rescripseram, misi,

Cic. Att. 13, 6, 3:

debes hoc etiam rescribere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 30: rescribere veteribus orationibus, to write against, reply to, antigraphein, Quint. 10, 5, 20; so,

orationibus,

Suet. Caes. 73:

oratorum actionibus,

id. Calig. 53:

cujus libris de Orthographiā,

id. Gram. 19; cf.:

rescripta Bruto de Catone,

id. Aug. 85:

nil mihi rescribas,

Ov. H. 1, 2:

non rescribendi gloria visa levis,

id. ib. 17, 2:

orationem,

Tac. A. 4, 34 (in Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3, descriptos is the true read.).—

In partic.

Polit. and jurid. t. t., of emperors or lawyers, to answer in writing a petition or legal question; to give a rescript or a judicial decision:

Tiberio pro cliente Graeco petenti rescripsit (Augustus), non aliter se daturum quam si, etc.,

Suet. Aug. 40; 45; 51; id. Tib. 30; 32; id. Claud. 5; id. Ner. 40; Dig. 1, 16, 4 fin.; ib. 18, 1, 71 al.— Hence, rēscriptum, i, n., subst., an imperial rescript, Tac. A. 6, 15 (9):

quaesitum est, an adversus rescriptum principis provocari possit,

Dig. 49, 1, 1:

quod et Herennio Modestino studioso meo de Dalmatiā consulenti rescripsi,

ib. 47, 2, 53, § 20; 40, 4, 46; 40, 7, 29 al.—

In account-books, to make an entry per contra; to place to one ' s credit; hence, i. q. to pay back, repay:

illud mihi Argentum rursum jube rescribi,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 29; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34:

qui de residuis CCCC. HS. CC. praesentia solverimus, reliqua rescribamus,

will place to his credit, will pay hereafter, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

dictantis, quod tu numquam rescribere possis,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 76:

Darios,

Aus. Ep. 5, 23.—

To write over again, write anew (not anteAug.): Pollio Asinius parum diligenter compositos putat (Caesaris commentarios), existimatque rescripturum et correcturum fuisse, i. e. to revise (syn. retractare), Suet. Caes. 56:

actiones,

Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 7; cf. id. ib. 7, 9, 5; 8, 21, 6.—

In partic., in milit. lang., to enroll anew, to re-enlist:

rescriptae ex eodem milite novae legiones,

Liv. 9, 10.—

In milit. lang., to transfer from one kind of troops to another:

Caesarem decimam legionem ad equum rescribere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 42 fin.

stīpendĭum, ii, n. [contr. from stipipendium, from stips-pendo].

In publicists' lang., a tax, impost, tribute, contribution (payable in money; whereas vectigal in kind; the former being regarded as the more humiliating; v. stipendiarius, I.): Poeni stipendia pendunt, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll. (Ann. v. 269 Vahl.); so,

pendere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44; 5, 27; Sall. C. 20, 7; Liv. 2, 9; 21, 10:

conferre,

id. 33, 42:

solvere,

id. 39, 7:

imponere victis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44; 7, 54:

stipendio liberare aliquem,

id. 5, 27:

de stipendio recusare,

id. ib. 1, 44:

stipendi spem facere,

Liv. 28, 25, 9.—

Transf.

In gen., tribute, dues ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

indomito nec dira ferens stipendia tauro (sc. Minotauro),

Cat. 64, 173:

quae finis aut quod me manet stipendium?

penalty, Hor. Epod. 17, 36:

alii tamen obscuriores (scriptores) aliquod stipendium nostro studio contulerunt,

contribution, Col. 1, 1, 10.—

Income, subsistence, salary:

iis, ut adsiduae templi antistites essent, stipendium de publico statuit,

Liv. 1, 20, 3.—

In milit. lang., pay, stipend in full:

stipendium militare,

Liv. 4, 60, 5; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 45;

commonly stipendium alone: militis stipendia ideo, quod eam stipem pendebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 182 Müll.; cf. Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; Liv. 4, 59 and 60:

cum stipendium ab legionibus flagitaretur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 87:

numerare militibus,

Cic. Pis. 36, 88:

persolvere,

id. Att. 5, 14, 1: dare, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 26; Liv. 2, 12; 5, 12; cf.:

dare pecuniam in stipendium,

Caes. B. C. 1, 23; Liv. 27, 9 fin.:

accipere,

id. 5, 4:

stipendio afficere exercitum,

Cic. Balb. 27, 61:

augere,

Caes. B. C. 3, 110:

fraudare,

id. ib. 3, 59:

stipendium duum mensium,

Curt. 5, 1, 45:

dum in calamitosis stipendiis versaretur,

might get pay by the misfortunes of others, Amm. 19, 12, 2.—

Transf., military service (mostly in plur.):

merere stipendia,

Cic. Mur. 5, 12:

stipendia merere (mereri),

to perform military service, to serve, id. Cael. 5, 11; id. de Or. 2, 64, 258; also,

facere,

Sall. J. 63, 3; Liv. 3, 27; 5, 7; 42, 34 al.; cf.:

opulenta ac ditia facere,

id. 21, 43:

emereri,

to complete the time of service, to serve out one's time, id. 25, 6; Cic. Sen. 14, 49; Sall. J. 84, 2; Liv. 3, 57; Val. Max. 6, 1, 10;

v. emereo, II.: auxiliaria stipendia mereri,

Tac. A. 2, 52:

numerare,

Liv. 4, 58:

enumerare,

id. 3, 58:

qui (milites) jam stipendiis confecti erant,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 9, 26; cf.:

stipendiis exhausti,

Liv. 27, 9:

adulescentuli statim castrensibus stipendiis imbuebantur,

Plin. Ep. 8, 14, 5.— Sing.:

homo nullius stipendii,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

exercitui dare,

id. H. 2, 96, 6 Dietsch:

sextus decimus stipendii annus,

Tac. A. 1, 17.—

In partic., military service of a year, a year's service, a campaign:

si in singulis stipendiis is ad hostes exuvias dabit,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 36:

quod tricena aut quadragena stipendia senes tolerent,

Tac. A. 1, 17:

vicena stipendia meritis,

id. ib. 1, 36:

stipendia sua numerari jubebant,

Just. 12, 11, 4:

qui eorum minime multa stipendia haberet,

Liv. 31, 8 fin.—Sing.:

(juventus) octavo jam stipendio functa,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 8, 2; cf.

with both numbers together: secundo stipendio dextram manum perdidit, stipendiis duobus ter et vicies vulneratus est,

Plin. 7, 28, 29 § 104.—

Trop., in gen., service (very rare):

functus omnibus humanae vitae stipendiis,

i. e. duties, Sen. Ep. 93, 4:

tamquam emeritis stipendiis libidinis,

Cic. Sen. 14, 49:

plurium velut emeritis annorum stipendiis,

Col. 3, 6, 4:

rex cui (Hercules) duodecim stipendia debebat,

services, labors, Just. 2, 4, 18.

multa ( mulcta), ae, f. [Sabine, acc. to Varr. ap. Gell. 11, 1, 5; Oscan, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Müll.], a penalty involving loss of property, a fine, amercement, mulct; in the most ancient times riches consisted only in the possession of flocks and herds; it accordingly signified, at first, a fine in cattle; but in later times, when money was the measure of wealth, it signified a pecuniary fine (whereas poena denotes a punishment of any kind, e. g. corporal punishment, imprisonment, capital punishment):

vocabulum ipsum multae M. Varro non Latinum, sed Sabinum esse dicit,

Gell. 11, 1, 5: multam Osce dici putant poenam quidam. M. Varro ait poenam esse, sed pecuniariam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 142 Mull.:

cum pecore diceretur multa,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 95 Müll. The highest penalty in the earliest times was thirty head of cattle, the lowest a sheep, in specifying which the word ovis is used as of the masculine gender: ego ei unum ovem multam dico, I condemn him to pay, fine him, a legal formula ap. Gell. 11, 1, 4:

multae dictio ovium et bovium,

Cic. Rep. 2, 9, 16.—Later, of a pecuniary fine:

multa praesens quingentum milium aeris in singulas civitates imposita,

Liv. 10, 37:

multam alicui dicere,

to decree, award, Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

indicere,

Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11:

subire,

Ov. F. 5, 289:

committere,

to deserve, incur, Cic. Clu. 37, 103:

exigere,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 177 Müll.:

remittere,

Cic. Phil. 11, 8, 18:

irrogare (of the plaintiff, or people's tribune),

to propose that the accused be fined a certain sum, id. Mil. 14, 36; so,

petere,

id. Clu. 33, 91:

aliquem multā et poenā multare,

id. Balb. 18, 42:

multam alicui facere,

Gell. 7, 14, 8: certare, to contend on both sides whether or not the proposed fine should be paid:

duo tribuni plebis ducentum milium aeris multam M. Postumio dixerunt: cui certandae cum dies advenisset,

Liv. 25, 3:

multae certatio,

Cic. Leg. 8, 3, 6:

multa erat Veneri,

for the benefit of Venus, id. Verr. 2, 2, 9, § 25:

multa gravis praedibus Valerianis,

a heavy loss, great damage, id. Fam. 5, 20, 4.—

In gen., a penalty:

singulos jure jurando adigam non aliter quam stantes cibum capturos esse... hanc multam feretis, etc.,

Liv. 24, 16, 13:

haec ei multa esto: vino viginti dies Ut careat,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 55.

multa, adj. fem., v. multus.