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pignus, ŏris and ĕris (old form in plur.:I.pignosa pignora eodem modo quo valesii, auselii... dicebantur,
Fest. p. 213 Müll.), n. [root pac-, of pango; cf. paciscor], a pledge, gage, pawn, security, mortgage (of persons as well as things).Lit.:2.opponere se pigneri,
Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 85:ager oppositus est pignori,
Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 56:servus, quem hic reliqueram Pignus pro me,
Plaut. Capt. 5, 1, 19:quo facto pignore animos centurionum devinxit,
Caes. B. C. 1, 39:rem alicujus pignori accipere,
Tac. H. 3, 65:pignora apud se deposita persequi et vindicare,
Paul. Sent. 5, 26, 4:sub pignoribus mutuas pecunias accipere,
Dig. 13, 7, 12:habere aliquid pignori,
ib. 20, 4, 2:liberare pignus a creditore,
ib. 20, 4, 4:pignoribus cavere alicui,
ib. 43, 3, 2: aurum [p. 1376] pignori apud aliquem ponere, ib. 13, 7, 27:viginti milia faenus pignoribus positis,
income from mortgages, Juv. 9, 141.—Esp., of the security for the payment of his fine, which was taken by the consul of a senator who failed to attend in the Senate:pignus auferre,
Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4: pignoribus terreri, Crass. ib.; so,senatores pignoribus cogere,
Cic. Phil. 1, 5, 12:pignora capere,
Liv. 3, 38, 12;of hostages,
id. 33, 22:marium pignora,
male hostages, Suet. Aug. 21: pignus praetorium, the security which the prœtor took as a guarantee for the preservation of a thing when he put it in the possession of a creditor, or fidei commissarius, Dig. 13, 7, 26; 41, 5, 12.—Esp., in phrases.(α).Pignus capere, to take a pledge or security for payment:(β).certis verbis pignus capiebatur,
Gai. Inst. 4, 29; 26 al.—Pignora capere, to issue execution, make seizure of property:(γ).Vettium, pignoribus captis, cojecit in carcerem,
Suet. Caes. 17:eorum, qui debita confessi sunt, pignora capi et distrahi possunt,
Paul. Sent. 5, 5 A, 4:per vim debitoris sui pignora, cum non haberet obligata, capere,
id. ib. 5, 26, 4.—Pignoris capio, a proceeding by which the summary collection of certain debts was secured, Gai. Inst. 4, 26 (v. Sandars ad Just. Inst. introd. § 96).—B.Transf.1.The object of a wager, a wager, stake:2.da pignus, ni ea sit filia,
lay a wager, bet, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 34; so id. ib. 36:cum illo dare,
id. Bacch. 4, 9, 133:pignore certare cum aliquo,
Verg. E. 3, 31:quovis pignore contendere,
to lay any wager, bet any thing, Cat. 44, 4:et quaerit posito pignore vincat uter,
Ov. A. A. 1, 168:in quodvis pignus vocare, ni, etc.,
Gell. 5, 4, 2:ponere pignus cum aliquo de re aliquā,
Val. Max. 4, 3, 3.—A contract in which security is given, Dig. 13, 7, 1; 20, 6, 3.—II.Trop.A.A pledge, token, assurance, proof:B.magnum pignus ab eo rei publicae datum, se, etc.,
Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 4:pignora voluntatis,
id. Cael. 32, 78:injuriae,
id. Phil. 13, 3, 6:societatis,
Tac. H. 4, 61:sceleris,
id. ib. 4, 57:imperii,
id. ib. 3, 72:reconciliatae gratiae pignus,
Curt. 6, 7, 35:pignora da, genitor, per quae tua vera propago Credar,
sure tokens, Ov. M. 2, 38; 5, 247; 7, 497:in vultu pignora mentis habet,
id. A. A. 2, 378:digito pignus fortasse dedisti,
i. e. a ring, Juv. 6, 27.—Concr.1.Children, parents, brothers and sisters, relatives, as pledges of love (only after the Aug. period):2. 3.nunc tibi commendo communia pignora, natos,
Prop. 4 (5), 11, 73; Ov. M. 11, 543:prolemque gemellam Pignora bina dedi,
id. H. 6, 121:tot natos natasque et pignora cara nepotes,
id. M. 3, 134:ascita pignora,
Stat. S. 2, 1, 86:pignora conjugum ac liberorum,
Liv. 2, 1, 5:obsecratio illa judicum, per carissima pignora, utique, si et reo sint liberi, conjux, parentes, utilis erit,
Quint. 6, 1, 33:habens filiam, uxorem, nepotem, sorores, interque tot pignora veros amicos,
Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 3; Tac. A. 12, 2:proxima pignora,
id. ib. 15, 36:ne in conjugem, in familiam, in cetera pignora ejus saeviret,
id. ib. 16, 26; id. G. 7:frangi aspectu pignorum suorum,
id. Agr. 38.—Hence, in gen.,
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