by which any thing is bought

prĕtĭum, ii, n. [Sanscr. root par-, pana (for parna), wager, loan; Gr. pi-praskô, to sell; priamai, to buy; cf. pornos], that for or by which any thing is bought or sold (class.).

Lit., money spent for any thing:

nil pretio parsit, filio dum parceret,

Plaut. Capt. prol. 32:

femina... urbem Exiguam pretio posuit,

for money has founded a small city, Verg. A. 4, 211:

vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

for little money, cheaply, Caes. B. G. 1, 18:

pretio mercari ordinem senatorium,

to purchase, to gain with money, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122:

permutare pretio noluit, aliāve merce,

Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171.—

In gen., money, wealth, etc. ( poet.), Ov. P. 2, 8, 6:

in pretio pretium nunc est,

id. F. 1, 217:

converso in pretium deo,

i. e. into a shower of gold, Hor. C. 3, 16, 8.—

Transf., worth, value, price.

In gen.: nec mi aurum posco nec mi pretium dederitis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.):

pretium statuere merci,

to set, fix, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133:

pretium certum constituere,

Cic. Att. 12, 33, 1:

enumerare,

id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133:

pacisci pro re aliquā,

to agree upon, settle, id. Off. 3, 29, 107:

exsolvere,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26:

quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt?

at what prices are they sold here? id. ib. 2, 2, 15:

vendere aliquid pretio suo,

id. Pers. 4, 4, 30; id. Ps. 1, 2, 36:

parare sibi pretio aliquid,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 7:

multi extulerunt eorum pretia,

Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6:

jacent pretia praediorum,

are low, down, fallen, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33.—

Esp.

In phrases: magni, parvi pretii esse, to be high or low in price, of much or little worth, of great or of small value:

nullus est tam parvi pretii, quin,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 60:

ne tu habes servum graphicum, et quantivis pretii!

id. Ep. 3, 3, 29:

agrum majoris pretii nemo habet,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12:

noli spectare, quanti homo sit: parvi enim pretii est, qui jam nihil est,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4:

de illis potissimum jactura fit, quia pretii minimi sunt,

Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 9: pretium habere, to have a value, to be worth something:

vendat oleum, si pretium habeat,

Cato, R. R. 2, 7:

annona porro pretium nisi in calamitate fructuum non habet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227; but also: pretium habere, to have a price, be for sale:

quis ignorat quin id longe sit liberalibus disciplinis dignissimum, non vendere operam: cum pleraque hoc ipso possint videri vilia, quod pretium habent,

Quint. 12, 7, 8; hence: pretium non habere, to have no price, be above price (late Lat.):

nihil esse pretiosius, immo eum pretium non habere testatur,

Aug. Serm. 36, 8: in pretio esse, to be of worth, value, or estimation, to be in repute:

tum coquus in pretio esse (coeptus),

Liv. 39, 6, 9:

nec in pretio fertilis hortus erat,

Ov. F. 5, 316; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22: in pretio habere, to regard as of value:

in magno pretio habere,

Sen. Ep. 75, 11:

aurum et argentum in pretio habent,

Tac. G. 5;

for which cf.: pudebat libertatis majus esse apud feminas quam apud viros pretium,

Curt. 8, 2, 28: pretium facere, to fix or set a price or value; of a seller: indica, fac pretium. Do. Tua merx est;

tua indicatio est,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 37;

of a purchaser: quis faceret pretium, nisi qui sua perdere vellet Omnia?

Mart. 1, 86, 7; Dig. 10, 3, 19.—

Wages, reward (mostly poet.):

pro pretio facio ut opera appareat,

Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 59:

operam Epidici nunc me emere pretio pretioso velim,

id. Ep. 1, 2, 17:

reddere alicui pro benefactis,

id. Capt. 5, 1, 20:

palmae pretium victoribus,

Verg. A. 5, 111.—

Trop., worth, value:

quales ex hac die experiundo cognovit, perinde operae eorum pretium faceret,

would estimate their services, Liv. 27, 17:

sive aliquod morum Est pretium,

Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 43: corticis etiam ad medicamenta pretium est, Plin, 12, 25, 54, § 118; 12, 19, 43, § 95.—

Transf., pay, hire, wages, reward, price (cf.: stipendium, merces).

In a good sense: majores seorsum atque diversum pretium paravere bonis atque strenuis, decurionatus... aliosque honores, Cato ap. Fest. s. v. optionatus, p. 201 Müll.; so,

= praemium (opp. poena), ita et pretium recte facti triumphum haberet L. Paulus pro egregie bello gesto,

Liv. 45, 37, 5:

ut pretium honoremque debito beneficio addat,

id. 45, 14, 1:

cum pro cujusque merito consul pretia poenasque exsolvisset,

id. 26, 40, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.:

satis ampla pretia,

prizes, id. 21, 43, 6:

virtutum pretium,

Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 1.— Plur.: tam longā valetudine conflictabatur, ut haec tanta pretia vivendi mortis rationibus vincerentur, rewards of living, i. e. motives for living, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4.—Esp. in phrase pretium curae, and more freq. pretium operae, a reward for trouble:

mihi visum est pretium curae, ipsum, senatus consultum quaerere,

seemed to me worth the trouble, worth while, Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2:

est pretium curae cognoscere, etc.,

Juv. 6, 474: facturusne operae pretium sim, etc.,... nec satis scio, what will pay for the trouble, Liv. praef.:

operae pretium habent libertatem, civitatemque,

id. 25, 6; 21, 43: audire est operae pretium, etc., Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.); so Liv. 3, 26, 7: reddere opis pretium pro factis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 (Epigr. v. 6 Vahl.):

quo in genere est operae pretium diligentiam majorum recordari,

it is worth while, Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73:

captā urbe, operae pretium fore,

Sall. J. 81, 2;

so without operae (post-Aug.): Germanico pretium fuit convertere agmen,

thought it of importance, Tac. A. 1, 57:

ni pretium foret Pisonis sententias noscere,

were it not worth while, were it not of importance, id. ib. 2, 35:

posse eum, si operae pretium faciat, principem popularium esse,

if he does any thing worth while, any thing of importance, Liv. 25, 30: duos servos ad hostes transfugisse et operae pretium fecisse, have done valuable service, Quadrig. ap. Sen. Ben. 3, 23:

scriptor minime utilis, cujus libro adtingere nullum pretium operae sit,

Gell. 12, 2, 1; so,

operis pretium est,

Sil. 16, 45.—

In a bad sense (i. q. poena), reward, punishment, like the Gr. timê, misthos ( poet.): si malos imitabor, tum pretium pro noxā dabis, Liv. And. ap. Non. 365, 27:

verbera, compedes, molae... haec pretia sunt ignaviae,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10:

ego pretium ob stultitiam fero,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 4:

et peccare nefas, aut pretium est mori,

Hor. C. 3, 24, 24:

ille crucem pretium sceleris tulit, hic diadema,

Juv. 13, 105.—Of bribery:

adduci pretio ad hominem condemnandum,

Cic. Caecil. 10, 29:

pretio judicem corrumpere,

id. ib. 25, 72:

nec prece, nec pretio a rectā viā deduci,

Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4.

rĕd-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo].

To buy back, repurchase (freq. and class.; syn.: recupero, reparo).

In gen.:

eam (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet,

Cic. Phil. 13, 5, 10:

neque adeo hasce emi mihi — illi redemi rursum,

Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 145:

aut emendum sibi quod non habebat, aut redimendum quod habebat,

Cic. Sest. 30, 66:

de fundo redimendo,

id. Att. 11, 13, 4:

orabo, ut mihi pallam reddat, quam dudum dedi, Aliam illi redimam meliorem,

will buy in return, Plaut. Men. 4, 2, 115; 4, 3, 6; cf. Plin. 6, 28, 32, § 162.—

In partic., to buy back, ransom, release, redeem a prisoner, slave, etc.: Li. Tu redimes me, si me hostes interceperint? De. Redimam, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 93; Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 29:

ut is homo redimatur illi,

Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 91; cf. id. Merc. 3, 1, 31:

captos, captivos ab hoste, a praedonibus, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 16, 55; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 90; cf.:

haec benignitas, redimi e servitute captos,

id. Off. 2, 18, 63; Plaut. Pers. 4, 6, 14:

servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi,

ransomed, liberated at public cost, Liv. 26, 27:

me raptum pugnā pretiove redemptum Mandere humo,

Verg. A. 9, 213; Ov. H. 3, 39; id. Am. 1, 8, 63. — Hence,

In gen., to buy off from any thing; to set free, release, rescue:

aliquem a piratis publicā civitatium pecuniā,

Vell. 2, 42, 3:

pecuniā se a judicibus, palam redemerat,

Cic. Mil. 32, 87; cf.:

se ab inquisitoribus pecuniā,

Suet. Caes. 1:

se a Gallis auro,

Liv. 22, 59:

se a cane,

Petr. 72 fin.:

se ab invidiā fortunae,

Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3:

aliquem suo sanguine ab Acheronte,

Nep. Dion, 10, 2; cf.:

fratrem Pollux alternā morte redemit,

Verg. A. 6, 121:

corpus (sc. a morbo),

Ov. R. Am. 229:

redimite armis civitatem, quam auro majores vestri redemerunt,

Liv. 9, 4, 9; 15, 34, 5: so,

redemit Dominus Jacob,

Vulg. Jer. 31, 11; id. 1 Pet. 1, 18 et saep. —

Lit.

In gen. (rare):

statim redemi fundos omnes, qui patroni mei fuerant,

Petr. 7:

essedum sumptuose fabricatum,

Suet. Claud. 16:

libros suppressos,

id. Gram. 8.—

Of persons, to hire, bribe:

auditores conducti et redempti,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 4; so,

plausor redemptus,

Petr. 5, 8:

tutor aut curator redemptus,

Cod. Just. 5, 1, 4:

aemuli corrupti ac redempti,

ib. 10, 54.— More freq. and class.,

In partic., a mercant. and jurid. t. t., to take or undertake by contract; to hire, farm, etc.:

Dumnorigem portoria reliquaque omnia Aeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 18; Varr. L. L. 6, § 92 Müll.; cf.:

picarias de censoribus,

Cic. Brut. 22, 85:

opus,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141:

istum eripiendum,

id. ib. 2, 1, 11, §

31: vestimenta texenda vel insulam, vel navem fabricandam,

Dig. 7, 8, 12 fin.:

litem,

to undertake, Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 35.— Esp., in law, t. t., to undertake the risk of a suit for a consideration (which was held dishonorable;

opp. to the authorized stipulation of a fee): litem te redemisse contra bonos mores,

Cod. Just. 2, 12, 15; cf.

also: redimit eventum litium majoris pecuniae praemio contra bonos mores (procurator),

Dig. 17, 1, 7:

qui alios actionum suarum redimunt exactores,

i. e. who engage persons to undertake their suits in their own names, Cod. Just. 2, 13, 2; so ib. 2, 13, 1; cf., respecting redimere litem, Mühlenbruch, Die Lehre von der Cession, p. 362 sq.—

Trop., to buy, purchase.

To gain, acquire, obtain, procure any thing desirable:

ut ab eo (praetore) servorum sceleris conjurationisque damnatorum vita vel ipso carnifice internuncio redimeretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 6, § 14:

ego vitam omnium civium... quinque hominum amentium ac perditorum poenā redemi,

id. Sull. 11, 33: non vitam liberum sed mortis celeritatem pretio, id. Verr. 2, 5, 45, § 119:

sepeliendi potestatem pretio,

id. ib.:

pacem sibi sempiternam,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 34:

pacem Ariovisti ne obsidibus quidem datis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 37:

pacem ab aliquo,

Just. 43, 5, 9:

omnium gratiam atque amicitiam ejus morte,

Caes. B. G. 1, 44 fin.:

militum voluntates largitione,

id. B. C. 1, 39:

primo tantummodo belli moram,

Sall. J. 29, 3:

neve auro redimat jus triste sepulcri,

Ov. M. 13, 472:

mutuam dissimulationem mali,

Tac. Agr. 6:

quidquid homines vel vitā aestimant vel morte redimunt,

Curt. 5, 5, 18; 5, 9, 3.—

To buy off, i. e. to ward off, obviate, avert an evil:

quam (acerbitatem) ego a re publicā meis privatis et domesticis incommodis libentissime redemissem,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4:

haec vero, quae vel vitā redimi recte possunt, aestimare pecuniā non queo,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 9, § 23:

qui se uno quaestu decumarum omnia sua pericula redempturum esse dicebat,

id. ib. 2, 3, 19, §

49: metum virgarum pretio,

id. ib. 2, 5, 44, §

117: ignominiam assiduo labore,

Front. Strat. 4, 1, 21:

bellum ab Illyriis pactā mercede redimere,

Just. 7, 5, 1; cf.

bella,

id. 6, 1, 6; 7, 5, 1; 7, 6, 5:

si mea mors redimenda tuā esset,

Ov. P. 3, 1, 105; cf.:

nec te pugnantem tua forma redemit,

id. M. 12, 393:

qui delatorem redemit,

has bought off, hushed up, Dig. 49, 14, 29.—

To pay for; to make amends, atone, compensate for a wrong:

flagitium aut facinus redimere,

Sall. C. 14, 3:

multa desidiae crimina morte,

Vell. 2, 87 Ruhnk.:

nullam congiario culpam,

Plin. Pan. 28, 2; cf. simply culpam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 8:

vitium auctore (sc. Jove),

Ov. H. 17, 49:

sua perjuria per nostram poenam,

id. Am. 3, 3, 21.—

Of one's word or promise, to redeem, keep:

verba sua,

Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 1.