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an act deserving a reward

  • 1 praemium

    praemĭum, ii, n. [prae-emo, what one has got before or better than others] (class.).
    I.
    Profit derived from booty, booty ( poet.; cf. praeda; and: avorti praedam ab hostibus. Pen. Heus, ecqua in istac pars inest praemi mihi? Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 26):

    multaque praeterea Laurentis praemia pugnae Aggerat, et longo praedam jubet ordine duci,

    Verg. A. 11, 78 sq.;

    rapta praemia veste ferre,

    Tib. 1, 2, 25; cf. Tac. H. 1, 51:

    ferre ad patrios praemia dira Lares,

    Prop. 2, 23, 67 (3, 28, 22):

    spectat sua praemia raptor,

    Ov. M. 6, 518; 13, 414:

    tam dirae praemia culpae,

    Juv. 8, 119.—Also, game killed, prey, Prop. 3, 11 (4, 12), 46; Hor. Epod. 2, 36; Val. Fl. 8, 253.— Poet.:

    raptae virginitatis,

    Ov. M. 8, 850.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    In gen., profit, advantage, prerogative, distinction (class.), Lucr. 3, 899; 956; 5, 5; cf. poet.: Veneris, i. e. children (the Greek dôra Aphroditês), Verg. A. 4, 33:

    absens factus aedilis, continuo praetor: licebat enim celerius legis praemio,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 1, 1.—
    B.
    In partic., reward, recompense (the predom. signif. of the word; syn.: munus, donum): sapiens virtuti honorem praemium, haud praedam petit, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 102 (Trag. v. 374 Vahl.): ecquid erit praemi, reward, id. ap. Cic. Sen. 1, 1 (Ann. v. 341 ib.):

    donum et praemium,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 8, 27:

    legibus praemia proposita sunt virtutibus,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247:

    persuadere alicui magnis praemiis et pollicitationibus,

    Caes. B. G. 3, 18:

    praemiis ad perdiscendum commoveri,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 4, 13:

    praemia alicui dare pro re aliquā,

    id. Mur. 4, 8:

    praemio afficere aliquem,

    to reward, Quint. 3, 6, 42:

    augere, Tac A. 1, 42: inducere,

    Sall. J. 13, 8:

    illicere,

    id. ib. 97, 3:

    invitare,

    Cic. Lig. 4, 12:

    elicere ad faciendum aliquid,

    id. Balb. 16:

    evocare,

    Quint. 1, 1, 20:

    praemium persolvere alicui,

    to give, Cic. Cael. 29, 68:

    reddere alicui pro re aliquā,

    Cat. 64, 157:

    rependere,

    Stat. Th. 9, 50:

    proponere,

    to propose, offer, Caes. B. C. 1, 17: consequi, to obtain, id. B. G. 1, 42; so,

    tollere,

    Juv. 6, 321:

    promittens, si sibi praemio foret, se Arpos proditurum esse,

    if he were rewarded, Liv. 24, 45.—Ironic.: cape praemia facti, reward, for punishment, Ov. M. 8, 503:

    tibi pro scelere, Di... praemia reddant Debita,

    Verg. A. 2, 537.—
    2.
    A bribe:

    ut somno careas ponendaque praemia sumas,

    Juv. 3, 56.—
    C.
    Transf., an act deserving a reward, an exploit, Verg. A. 12, 437.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > praemium

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