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1 auctio
auctĭo, ōnis, f. [augeo].I.An increasing, increase, auxêsis:II.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;B.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).
См. также в других словарях:
proroger — Proroger, ou Prolonger, Prorogare. Proroger le delay, Differre vadimonium, B. ex Cic. Proroger ou remettre plus loing le jour assigné à voir vendre biens prins par execution, Auctionem proferre, vel auctionis diem, B … Thresor de la langue françoyse