argentārius

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argentārĭus, a, um, adj. [argentum].

Of or pertaining to silver (cf. argentum, I. A.):

metalla,

silver-mines, Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86:

plumbum,

a mixture of tin and lead, id. 34, 9, 20, § 95, and 34, 17, 48, §

160: creta,

for polishing silver, tripoli, rottenstone, id. 35, 17, 58, § 199:

faber,

a worker in silver, silver-smith, Dig. 34, 2, 39.—

Of or pertaining to money (cf. argentum, I. B. 2.):

amore pereo et inopiā argentariā,

am dying of love and want of money, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 65; so,

opes,

possessions in money, id. Ep. 5, 2, 7:

auxilium,

pecuniary assistance, id. Ps. 1, 1, 103:

sunt meretrices omnes elecebrae argentariae,

enticers away of money, id. Men. 2, 3, 26:

cura,

care of money, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 3:

taberna,

a banker's stall, bank, Liv. 26, 11; so,

mensa,

a banking-table, Dig. 2, 13, 4 al. —Hence subst. in all genders, like aerarius, harenarius, etc. (only thus in Cic., never as an adj.).

argentārĭus, ii, m.

A money-changer, banker (by whom much business was transacted, since all business transactions were committed to writing by them; cf. Dig. 2, 13, 10), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 103; so id. ib. 1, 1, 113; id. Aul. 3, 5, 53; id. Pers. 3, 3, 29 al.; Cic. Caecin. 6:

argentarii tabulae,

id. ib. 6; Suet. Aug. 2; id. Ner. 5.—

(Sc. faber.) A silver-smith, Vulg. Jud. 17, 4; ib. Sap. 15, 9; ib. Isa. 40, 19:

Demetrius, argentarius faciens aedes argenteas Dianae,

ib. Act. 19, 24; Inscr. Orell. 913; 995; 4146.—

argentārĭa, ae, f. (sc. taberna).

A banking-house, a bank, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 47; so id. ib. 1, 1, 51; id. Ep. 2, 2, 15; Liv. 9, 40; 26, 27; 40, 51.—

(sc. ars.) The vocation or employment of a bank [p. 158] er or broker:

M. Fulcinius, qui Romae argentariam non ignobilem fecit,

Cic. Caecin. 4:

argentariā dissolutā,

after the dissolution, closing up, of the bank, id. ib. 4:

exercere,

Dig. 2, 13, 4:

administrare,

ib. 2, 13, 4.—

(Sc. fodina; cf.: aeraria, harenaria, ferraria, etc.) A silver-mine, Liv. 34, 21; Tac. A. 6, 19 (conj. of Weissenb.).—

argentārĭum, ii, n., a place for keeping silver, a cupboard or safe for plate, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 8.

Argentārĭus mons.

A promontory on the coast of Etruria, now Monte Argentaro, Rutil. Itin. I. pp. 315-324.—

The part of Mons Orospeda, in which the Bœtis took its rise, so called from its silvermines, Avien. Or. Marit. 291.

argentārĭus, a, um, adj. [argentum].

Of or pertaining to silver (cf. argentum, I. A.):

metalla,

silver-mines, Plin. 33, 5, 26, § 86:

plumbum,

a mixture of tin and lead, id. 34, 9, 20, § 95, and 34, 17, 48, §

160: creta,

for polishing silver, tripoli, rottenstone, id. 35, 17, 58, § 199:

faber,

a worker in silver, silver-smith, Dig. 34, 2, 39.—

Of or pertaining to money (cf. argentum, I. B. 2.):

amore pereo et inopiā argentariā,

am dying of love and want of money, Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 65; so,

opes,

possessions in money, id. Ep. 5, 2, 7:

auxilium,

pecuniary assistance, id. Ps. 1, 1, 103:

sunt meretrices omnes elecebrae argentariae,

enticers away of money, id. Men. 2, 3, 26:

cura,

care of money, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 3:

taberna,

a banker's stall, bank, Liv. 26, 11; so,

mensa,

a banking-table, Dig. 2, 13, 4 al. —Hence subst. in all genders, like aerarius, harenarius, etc. (only thus in Cic., never as an adj.).

argentārĭus, ii, m.

A money-changer, banker (by whom much business was transacted, since all business transactions were committed to writing by them; cf. Dig. 2, 13, 10), Plaut. As. 1, 1, 103; so id. ib. 1, 1, 113; id. Aul. 3, 5, 53; id. Pers. 3, 3, 29 al.; Cic. Caecin. 6:

argentarii tabulae,

id. ib. 6; Suet. Aug. 2; id. Ner. 5.—

(Sc. faber.) A silver-smith, Vulg. Jud. 17, 4; ib. Sap. 15, 9; ib. Isa. 40, 19:

Demetrius, argentarius faciens aedes argenteas Dianae,

ib. Act. 19, 24; Inscr. Orell. 913; 995; 4146.—

argentārĭa, ae, f. (sc. taberna).

A banking-house, a bank, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 47; so id. ib. 1, 1, 51; id. Ep. 2, 2, 15; Liv. 9, 40; 26, 27; 40, 51.—

(sc. ars.) The vocation or employment of a bank [p. 158] er or broker:

M. Fulcinius, qui Romae argentariam non ignobilem fecit,

Cic. Caecin. 4:

argentariā dissolutā,

after the dissolution, closing up, of the bank, id. ib. 4:

exercere,

Dig. 2, 13, 4:

administrare,

ib. 2, 13, 4.—

(Sc. fodina; cf.: aeraria, harenaria, ferraria, etc.) A silver-mine, Liv. 34, 21; Tac. A. 6, 19 (conj. of Weissenb.).—

argentārĭum, ii, n., a place for keeping silver, a cupboard or safe for plate, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 8.

Argentārĭus mons.

A promontory on the coast of Etruria, now Monte Argentaro, Rutil. Itin. I. pp. 315-324.—

The part of Mons Orospeda, in which the Bœtis took its rise, so called from its silvermines, Avien. Or. Marit. 291.

auctĭo, ōnis, f. [augeo].

An increasing, increase, auxêsis:

auctio frumenti et tributorum,

Tac. Agr. 19:

dierum,

Macr. S. 1, 14: rerum crescentium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.—

A sale by increase of bids, a public sale, auction. Auctions were held either in an open place, or in particular rooms or halls, called atria auctionaria (v. auctionarius), or simply atria (Juv. 7, 7). There was a spear (hasta) set up therein, as the legal sign of the sale, like our red flag; the price was called out by a crier (praeco), and the article sold was adjudged to the highest bidder by the magistrate who was present. A money-broker (argentarius) was also present to note down the price and receive the money or security for it;

v. Smith, Dict. Antiq. (this is the class. signif. of the word): auctionem facere,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 91 -94; so id. Poen. 1, 3, 2; 5, 6, 27; id. Stich. 2, 2, 60; Cic. Quinct. 4; id. Att. 12, 3 al.:

Dicam auctionis causam, ut animo gaudeant, Ipse egomet quam ob rem auctionem praedicem,

announce, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 55; so,

auctionis diem obire,

Cic. Att. 13, 14:

proscribere,

id. ib. 13, 37;

and proponere,

Quint. 6, 3, 99:

proferre,

to defer, adjourn, Cic. Att. 13, 13: amplissima praedia ex auctionibus hastae minimo addixit, by the sales of the spear, i. e. by auctions (v. supra), Suet. Caes. 50 (cf.:

praebere caput dominā venale sub hastā,

Juv. 3, 33):

auctio hereditaria constituta,

Cic. Caecin. 5:

auctionis tabula,

id. Agr. 2, 25 (v. auctionalis):

auctio fortunae regiae,

Liv. 2, 14:

vendere aliquid in auctione,

by auction, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96:

res in auctione venit,

Gai. 4, 126:

ex auctione rem emere,

Dig. 31, 4, 2, § 8:

auctionem dimittere,

Quint. 11, 2, 24. —

Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), goods to be sold by auction:

cum auctionem venderet,

Cic. Quinct. 5, 19 (B. and K.; others, auctione).

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].

A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:

in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:

commeatum vocis exercent fauces,

Pall. 1, 3.—

Meton.

A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:

abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:

per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—

A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:

commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,

Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:

dare commeatum totius aestatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:

petere,

Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:

sumere,

Liv. 3, 46, 10:

dare,

id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:

accipere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

in commeatu esse,

to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:

commeatu abesse,

Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:

in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,

Liv. 1, 57, 4:

(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,

Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:

cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,

on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

commeatūs spatium excedere,

Dig. 49, 16, 14:

ultra commeatum abesse,

ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:

cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,

Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:

longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,

rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:

servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,

id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—

A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:

Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,

Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:

duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:

cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—

Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;

tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:

importare in coloniam,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:

ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:

commeatu nostros prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:

neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,

id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:

maritimi,

Liv. 5, 54, 4:

ex montibus invecti,

id. 9, 13, 10:

advecti,

id. 9, 32, 2:

convecto,

id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:

magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,

Liv. 28, 4, 7.—

Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:

ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,

id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—

Transf.:

commeatus argentarius,

gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.

commĕātus ( conm-), ūs, m. [id.].

A going to and fro, passing freely, going at will:

in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus clam esset hinc huc mulieri,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.:

commeatum vocis exercent fauces,

Pall. 1, 3.—

Meton.

A place through which one can pass back and forth, a thoroughfare, passage (rare; cf.:

abitus, aditus, circuitus, etc.): nimis beat, quod conmeatus transtinet trans parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58:

per hortum utroque conmeatus continet,

id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—

A leave of absence from one ' s station for a definite time, a furlough:

commeare, ultro citro ire: unde commeatus dari dicitur, id est tempus, quo ire, redire quis posset,

Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.:

dare commeatum totius aestatis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62:

petere,

Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23:

sumere,

Liv. 3, 46, 10:

dare,

id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29:

accipere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2:

in commeatu esse,

to be on furlough, Liv. 33, 29, 4:

commeatu abesse,

Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9:

in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant,

Liv. 1, 57, 4:

(legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat,

Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46:

cum miles ad commeatus diem non adfuit,

on the day when the furlough expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24:

commeatūs spatium excedere,

Dig. 49, 16, 14:

ultra commeatum abesse,

ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.— Transf.:

cras igitur (sc. proficiscar), nisi quid a te commeatus,

Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.:

longum mihi commeatum dederat mala valetudo,

rest, Sen. Ep. 54, 1:

servitus assidua... sine intervallo, sine commeatu,

id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—

A train, a convoy, caravan, a company carried, a transportation, trip, passage:

Londinium copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum maxime celebre,

Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20:

duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 23: secundum commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, supplies of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38:

cerneres canes... per omnem nostrum commeatum morsibus ambulare,

App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—

Provisions, supplies (very freq., esp. in the histt., in sing. and plur.): interclude inimicis commeatum;

tibi muni viam, Quā cibatus commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.:

importare in coloniam,

id. Ep. 3, 2, 7:

ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et publico et privato prohibebamur,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53:

ne foro quidem et commeatu juvare populum Romanum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52:

commeatu nostros prohibere,

Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.:

neque exercitum sine magno commeatu atque molimento in unum locum contrahere posse,

id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26:

maritimi,

Liv. 5, 54, 4:

ex montibus invecti,

id. 9, 13, 10:

advecti,

id. 9, 32, 2:

convecto,

id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43:

magni commeatus frumenti Romam subvecti,

Liv. 28, 4, 7.—

Freq. opp. frumentum, the remaining supplies of war:

ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur,

Caes. B. G. 1, 39:

uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet,

id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 supra.—

Transf.:

commeatus argentarius,

gain acquired by money transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.

grātĭōsus, a, um, adj. [gratia], full of favor.

Enjoying favor, in favor, popular, regarded, beloved, agreeable, etc. (class.;

a favorite expression with Cicero, and used mostly of persons): ego Plancium et ipsum gratiosum esse dico et habuisse in petitione multos cupidos sui gratiosos, etc.,

Cic. Planc. 19, 46:

homini honesto, sed non gratiosiori quam Cn. Calidius est,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 20, § 44:

cum adversario gratiosissimo contendat,

id. Quint. 1, 2:

homines potentes, gratiosi, diserti,

id. Cael. 9, 21; cf.:

splendidi homines et aliis praetoribus gratiosi,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 37:

Pythius, qui esset ut argentarius apud omnes ordines gratiosus,

id. Off. 3, 14, 58; cf. id. Planc. 18, 44; id. Att. 15, 4, 3:

ut ego doceo gratiosum esse in sua tribu Plancium,

id. Planc. 19, 47; cf.:

sunt quidam homines in suis vicinitatibus et municipiis gratiosi,

Q. Cic. Petit. Cons. 6, 24:

is cum et suo splendore et nostra commendatione gratiosissimus in provincia fuit,

Cic. Fam. 1, 3.—Of things:

vidi et cognovi, causas apud te rogantium gratiosiores esse quam vultus,

id. Lig. 11, 31:

gratiosa missio,

through favor, Liv. 43, 14, 9:

sententia,

Dig. 3, 6, 5; cf.:

Berytensis colonia Augusti beneficiis gratiosa,

favored, ib. 50, 15, 1:

cupressus odore violenta ac ne umbra quidem gratiosa, materie rara,

Plin. 16, 33, 60, § 139.—

That shows favor, obliging, complaisant (very rare):

gratiosi scribae sint in dando et cedendo loco,

Cic. Brut. 84, 290.—Hence, adv.: grātĭōse, out of favor, graciously (postclass. and very rare):

neque sordide neque gratiose,

Dig. 26, 7, 7, § 2.— Comp.:

gratiosius,

Pseudo Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 4, § 11.

nummŭlārĭus ( nūm-), a, um, adj. [nummulus], of or belonging to moneychanging; as adj. very rare:

mensa,

Dig. 14, 3, 20.—

Subst.: nummŭlārĭus( nūm-), ii, m., a money-changer, moneybroker, mensarius (post-Aug.; cf.

argentarius): nummulario, non ex fide versanti pecunias, manus amputavit mensaeque ejus affixit,

Suet. Galb. 9; Petr. 56; Dig. 16, 3, 7; Mart. 12, 57, 8.—

An officer of the mint who tested the silver before it was coined, Inscr. Orell. 3226; 3227.

nummŭlārĭus ( nūm-), a, um, adj. [nummulus], of or belonging to moneychanging; as adj. very rare:

mensa,

Dig. 14, 3, 20.—

Subst.: nummŭlārĭus( nūm-), ii, m., a money-changer, moneybroker, mensarius (post-Aug.; cf.

argentarius): nummulario, non ex fide versanti pecunias, manus amputavit mensaeque ejus affixit,

Suet. Galb. 9; Petr. 56; Dig. 16, 3, 7; Mart. 12, 57, 8.—

An officer of the mint who tested the silver before it was coined, Inscr. Orell. 3226; 3227.