liceor

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lĭcĕor, lĭcĭtus, 2, v. dep. n. and a. [root lic-; v. 1. liceo], to bid on goods at an auction (class.).

Absol.:

licetur Aebutius,

Cic. Caecin. 6, 16:

liciti sunt usque adeo, quoad, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

digito liceri (because, in bidding, the finger was raised),

id. ib. 2, 3, 11, §

27: omnia Aeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redemta habere, propterea, quod illo licente, contra liceri audeat nemo,

to bid against, Caes. B. C. 1, 18:

immoderatius liceri,

Suet. Caes. 20:

nec licendi finem factum,

id. Calig. 38.—

Act., to bid for, make an offer for.—With acc.:

heredes Scapulae si istos hortos liceri cogitant,

to bid on the gardens, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4; so,

hortos liceri,

Plin. Pan. 50:

et centum Graecos curto centusse licetur,

Pers. 5, 191. —

Trop., to appraise, estimate, value:

tunc avidi matronam oculi licentur,

appraise her, reckon at what price she can be robbed of her honor, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.

to offer a price, to offer to buy, bid, proffer, tender.

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lĭcĕo, cŭi, cĭtum, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root rik-, riktas, empty; Gr. lip-, leipô, leave; Lat. lic-, linquo, licet, liceor; cf. Germ. leihen, verleihen], to be for sale; to have a price put upon it, to be valued, esteemed at so much.

Lit. (rare but class.):

omnia vaenibunt, quiqui licebunt, praesenti pecunia,

Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 97:

quanti licuisse tu scribis (hortos),

how much they were valued at, Cic. Att. 12, 23, 5:

unius assis Non umquam pretio pluris licuisse,

Hor. S. 1, 6, 13. —

Transf., of the seller, to offer for sale, to fix the price, to value at so much (only post-Aug.):

percontanti quanti liceret opera effecta, parvum nescio quid dixerat,

how much he asked for them, what he held them at, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 88:

parvo cum pretio diu liceret,

Mart. 6, 66, 4.

liceo, v. licet.

lĭcĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [liceor], to offer a price, to bid for any thing (ante- and postclass.).

Lit.:

ut ne licitare advorsum animi mei sententiam,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 104.—

Transf., to contend, fight: licitati in mercando sive pugnando contendentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.: inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 14 (Ann. v. 77 Vahl.): licitari machaerā adversum aliquem, Caecil. ap. Non. 134, 16 (Com. Fragm. v. 69 Rib.).

pollĭcĕor, ĭtus ( act. form polliceres, Varr. Sat. Menip. 8, 5), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [from an old prep. por or port (= Gr. porti, proti, or pros; cf. pro) and liceor].

To hold forth, offer, promise any thing (freq. and class.;

syn.: promitto, spondeo): neque minus prolixe de tuā voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de meā polliceri,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1; id. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

alicui studium,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

mirandum in modum profitentur, offerunt se, pollicentur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5:

id omne tibi polliceor ac defero,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 67:

pro certo polliceor hoc vobis atque confirmo me esse perfecturum, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 100:

non modo ut ponatur, verum etiam ut inviolata maneat pollicetur,

Just. 9, 2, 12.—With subj. alone, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52, 4: alicui divitias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 359 Vahl.):

hospitium et cenam,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 8:

plus pollicere quam ego a te postulo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 23.—With inf. pres.:

modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 7;

jusjurandum pollicitus est dare,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 36:

pollicentur obsides dare,

Caes. B. C. 4, 21, 5; 6, 9, 7:

benigne,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

liberalissime,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2.—Prov.: montes auri, to promise mountains of gold, i. e. boundless wealth, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18;

for which also: maria montesque,

Sall. C. 23, 3.—

Esp.

Of an orator, in opening his speech, to promise, announce:

quaeso ut, quid pollicitus sim, diligenter memoriae mandetis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

docui, quod primum pollicitus sum, causam omnino, cur postularet, non fuisse, etc.,

id. ib. 19, 60.—

Of purchasers, to bid, offer:

at illic pollicitus est prior,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 102.—

Of auspices, to forebode, promise:

id assuetae sanguine et praedā aves pollicebantur,

Flor. 1, 1, 7.

► Act. collat. form pollĭcĕo, ēre, to promise (ante-class.): ne dares, ne polliceres, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 13.—

polliceor, in a pass. signif.: ut aliis ob metum statuae polliceantur, Metell. Numid. ap. Prisc. p. 972 P.; Dig. 14, 1, 1:

pollicita fides,

Ov. F. 3, 366; Lact. Pasch. 60:

pollicitus torus,

Ov. H. 21, 140.—Hence, subst.: pollĭcĭ-tum, i, n., something promised, a promise, Ov. A. A. 1, 632:

memores polliciti nostri,

Col. 11, 3, 1.—In plur.:

hanc tu pollicitis corrumpe,

Ov. A. A. 1, 355:

pollicitis captus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 70; 2, 16, 48.

pollĭcĕor, ĭtus ( act. form polliceres, Varr. Sat. Menip. 8, 5), 2, v. dep. a. and n. [from an old prep. por or port (= Gr. porti, proti, or pros; cf. pro) and liceor].

To hold forth, offer, promise any thing (freq. and class.;

syn.: promitto, spondeo): neque minus prolixe de tuā voluntate promisi, quam eram solitus de meā polliceri,

Cic. Fam. 7, 5, 1; id. Planc. 42, 101; cf.:

alicui studium,

id. Fam. 5, 8, 4; cf.:

mirandum in modum profitentur, offerunt se, pollicentur,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 5:

id omne tibi polliceor ac defero,

id. Imp. Pomp. 24, 67:

pro certo polliceor hoc vobis atque confirmo me esse perfecturum, ut, etc.,

id. Agr. 2, 37, 100:

non modo ut ponatur, verum etiam ut inviolata maneat pollicetur,

Just. 9, 2, 12.—With subj. alone, Hirt. B. G. 8, 52, 4: alicui divitias, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 359 Vahl.):

hospitium et cenam,

Plaut. Bacch. 2, 2, 8:

plus pollicere quam ego a te postulo,

id. Truc. 2, 4, 23.—With inf. pres.:

modo Qui sum pollicitus ducere,

Ter. And. 3, 5, 7;

jusjurandum pollicitus est dare,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 36:

pollicentur obsides dare,

Caes. B. C. 4, 21, 5; 6, 9, 7:

benigne,

Cic. Fam. 4, 13, 3:

liberalissime,

id. Att. 5, 13, 2.—Prov.: montes auri, to promise mountains of gold, i. e. boundless wealth, Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 18;

for which also: maria montesque,

Sall. C. 23, 3.—

Esp.

Of an orator, in opening his speech, to promise, announce:

quaeso ut, quid pollicitus sim, diligenter memoriae mandetis,

Cic. Quint. 10, 36:

docui, quod primum pollicitus sum, causam omnino, cur postularet, non fuisse, etc.,

id. ib. 19, 60.—

Of purchasers, to bid, offer:

at illic pollicitus est prior,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 102.—

Of auspices, to forebode, promise:

id assuetae sanguine et praedā aves pollicebantur,

Flor. 1, 1, 7.

► Act. collat. form pollĭcĕo, ēre, to promise (ante-class.): ne dares, ne polliceres, Varr. ap. Non. 471, 13.—

polliceor, in a pass. signif.: ut aliis ob metum statuae polliceantur, Metell. Numid. ap. Prisc. p. 972 P.; Dig. 14, 1, 1:

pollicita fides,

Ov. F. 3, 366; Lact. Pasch. 60:

pollicitus torus,

Ov. H. 21, 140.—Hence, subst.: pollĭcĭ-tum, i, n., something promised, a promise, Ov. A. A. 1, 632:

memores polliciti nostri,

Col. 11, 3, 1.—In plur.:

hanc tu pollicitis corrumpe,

Ov. A. A. 1, 355:

pollicitis captus,

id. Am. 3, 7, 70; 2, 16, 48.

pollūcĕo, xi, ctum, 2, v. a. [old prep. port = Gr. proti, pros, and liceor; root licof linquo; Gr. leipô; cf. licet].

Lit., in relig. lang., to place upon the altar as a sacrifice to the deity, to offer, offer up:

Jovi dapali culignam vini quantumvis polluceto... cum pollucere oportebit, sic facies, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 132: polluxi tibi iam publicando epulo Herculis decumas, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P. (Com. Rel. p. 9 Rib.):

decumam partem Herculi,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80: pisces, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

pollucere merces (quas cuivis deo) liceat, sunt far, polenta, vinum, panis fermentalis, ficus passa, suilla, bubula, agnina, casei, ovilla, alica, sesama et oleum, pisces quibus est squama praeter scarum: Herculi autem omnia esculenta, potulenta,

Fest. p. 253 Müll.—

Transf.

To serve up as a dish: non ego sum pollucta pago, I am no dish for the village (like the Engl. saying, I am meat for your master), Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 11.—

To entertain, to treal with a thing (ante- and post-class.).

Lit., jocosely:

polluctus virgis servus,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37.—

Trop., to cause to share in or partake of, Arn. 5, 164.—Hence,

pol-luctum, i, n., the thing offered, an offering; also, a sacrificial banquet:

polluctum quod a porricendo est fictum. Cum enim ex mercibus libamenta porrecta sunt Herculi in aram, tum polluctum est,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.: ad polluctum emere, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

polluctum Herculis,

Macr. S. 2, 12 fin.; Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 63.—

polluctē, adv., with rich offerings, sumptuously, magnificently: pollucte prodigus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. prodegeris, p. 229 Müll. (dub.).

pollūcĕo, xi, ctum, 2, v. a. [old prep. port = Gr. proti, pros, and liceor; root licof linquo; Gr. leipô; cf. licet].

Lit., in relig. lang., to place upon the altar as a sacrifice to the deity, to offer, offer up:

Jovi dapali culignam vini quantumvis polluceto... cum pollucere oportebit, sic facies, etc.,

Cato, R. R. 132: polluxi tibi iam publicando epulo Herculis decumas, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 874 P. (Com. Rel. p. 9 Rib.):

decumam partem Herculi,

Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 80: pisces, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

pollucere merces (quas cuivis deo) liceat, sunt far, polenta, vinum, panis fermentalis, ficus passa, suilla, bubula, agnina, casei, ovilla, alica, sesama et oleum, pisces quibus est squama praeter scarum: Herculi autem omnia esculenta, potulenta,

Fest. p. 253 Müll.—

Transf.

To serve up as a dish: non ego sum pollucta pago, I am no dish for the village (like the Engl. saying, I am meat for your master), Plaut. Rud. 2, 4, 11.—

To entertain, to treal with a thing (ante- and post-class.).

Lit., jocosely:

polluctus virgis servus,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 37.—

Trop., to cause to share in or partake of, Arn. 5, 164.—Hence,

pol-luctum, i, n., the thing offered, an offering; also, a sacrificial banquet:

polluctum quod a porricendo est fictum. Cum enim ex mercibus libamenta porrecta sunt Herculi in aram, tum polluctum est,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 54 Müll.: ad polluctum emere, Cass. Hem. ap. Plin. 32, 2, 10, § 20:

polluctum Herculis,

Macr. S. 2, 12 fin.; Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 63.—

polluctē, adv., with rich offerings, sumptuously, magnificently: pollucte prodigus, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. s. v. prodegeris, p. 229 Müll. (dub.).