manceps

manceps, ĭpis, m. [manus-capio], a purchaser of any thing at a public auction, a renter, farmer, contractor, etc. (syn.: redemtor, exactor).

Lit.: manceps dicitur, qui quid a populo emit conducitve, quia manu sublata significat se auctorem emptionis esse: qui idem praes dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 151 Müll.:

postremo ne in praedae quidem societate mancipem aut praedem... reperire potuisti,

Cic. Dom. 18, 48:

si res abiret ab eo mancipe, quem ipse apposuisset,

contractor for building, id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141:

hominis studiosissimi nobilitatis manceps fit Chrysogonus,

the purchaser, id. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

mancipes a civitatibus pro frumento pecuniam exegerunt,

the contractors with the government, farmers, id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 33; id. Dom. 10, 25:

nullius rei neque praes neque manceps,

Nep. Att. 6, 3:

aliquis praevalens annonam flagellet,

i. e. a forestaller, speculator, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 164:

sutrinae,

a keeper of a stall, id. 10, 43, 60, § 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 19:

operarum,

one who hires laborers to let them out again, Suet. Vesp. 1;

itinera fraude mancipum et incuria magistratuum interrupta,

a farmer of the revenue, farmer-general, Tac. A. 3, 31:

VIAE APPIAE,

Inscr. Orell. 3221.—

Transf.

A surety, bondsman, bail, = praes:

ego mancipem te nihil moror,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 29.—

One who hires people to applaud:

conducti et redempti mancipes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 4.—

The owner, proprietor, or possessor of a thing:

deus et manceps divinitatis,

Tert. Apol. 11.—

A master, chief: carceris, i. e. jailer, Prud. steph. 5, 345; Tert. de Spect. 10.

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praes, praedis, m. [prae and vas, vadis], a surety, bondsman (in money matters; whereas vas denotes a surety in general; class.; cf.: sponsor, vindex).

Lit.:

praedia dicta, item ut praedes, a praestando: quod ea pignore data publice mancupis fidem praestent,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 40 Müll.:

praes, qui a magistratu interrogatus, in publicum ut praes siet, a quo et cum respondet, dicit praes,

id. ib. 6, § 74; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 223 Müll.:

manceps dicitur qui quid a populo emit conducitve: qui idem praes dicitur, quia tam debet, praestare populo quod promisit, quam is, qui pro eo praes factus, Fest. s. v. manceps, p. 151 Müll.: praedes dicuntur satisdatores locupletes pro re, de quā apud judicem lis est, ne interea, qui tenet, diffidens causae, possessionem deteriorem faciat, tecta dissipet, excidat arbores et culta deserat,

Ascon. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 115:

praedes pecuniae publicae accipere,

id. Fam. 2, 17, 4:

praedem esse pro aliquo,

id. Att. 12, 52, 1:

praedes dare,

id. Rab. Post. 4, 8:

praedem fieri,

id. Att. 13, 3, 1:

per praedem agere,

id. ib. 9, 9, 4:

praedes tenentur,

id. Fam. 5, 20, 3: cavere populo praedibus ae praediis, an old formula, signifying to procure security to the people by bondsmen and their property, id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 142:

quis subit in poenam capitali judicio? vas. Quid, si lis fuerit nummaria? quis dabitur? praes,

Aus. Idyll. 12:

praedesque eo nomine praetori dabuntur,

Gai. Inst. 4, 13:

jubebat praedes adversario dare litis,

id. ib. 4, 16.—

Transf., the property of sureties:

praedes vendere,

Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 78.—

Trop.:

cum sex libris, tamquam praedibus, me ipsum obstrinxerim,

Cic. Att. 6, 1, 8.

praes, adv. [prae], at hand, now (ante-class.):

ibi tibi parata praes est,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 17.

exactor, ōris, m. [id.; cf. also exactio].

A driver-out, expeller:

regum (Junii Valeriique),

Liv. 9, 17, 11.—

A demander, exactor (cf.: redemptor, manceps, magister; also: publicanus, portitor).

In gen.: operis, i. e. an overseer, superintendent, enforcer of any kind of labor, Col. 3, 13, 10; cf. Liv. 45, 37; so,

assiduus studiorum,

Quint. 1, 3, 14; cf.:

asper recte loquendi,

id. 1, 7, 34:

molestissimus sermonis Latini,

Suet. Gramm. 22:

supplicii,

an executioner, Liv. 2, 5; cf. Tac. A. 11, 37, and 3, 14 fin.; cf. Vulg. Luc. 12, 58.—

In partic., a collector of taxes, a tax gatherer, * Caes. B. C. 3, 32, 4; Liv. 28, 25, 9; Firm. 4, 3 al.; Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 8;

or of other debts due the state,

ib. 22, 1, 33. (Not in Cic.; but cf. exactio.)

flăgello, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [flagellum], to whip, scourge, lash ( poet. and in postAug. prose).

Lit.:

quaestorem suum in conjuratione nominatum flagellavit,

Suet. Calig. 26:

aliquem manu sua,

id. ib. 55; id. Claud. 38:

canes extremis polypi crinibus,

Plin. 9, 30, 48, § 92:

terga caudā (leo),

id. 8, 16, 19, § 49; cf.:

arborem caudā (serpens),

Ov. M. 3, 94:

messem perticis,

to thresh out, Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 298:

serpentes sese interimunt flagellando,

id. 25, 8, 55, § 101.— Absol.:

in tergum flagellat,

Quint. 11, 3, 118.—

Transf.:

flagellent colla comae,

beat, dangle against his face, Mart. 4, 42, 7:

sertaque mixta comis sparsa cervice flagellat,

i. e. shakes, Stat. Th. 10, 169; cf. id. ib. 3, 36:

flagellatus aër,

Plin. 2, 45, 45, § 116:

si puteal multa cautus vibice flagellas,

i. e. practise outrageous usury, Pers. 4, 49: cujus laxas arca flagellat opes, presses down, i. e. encloses, Mart. 2, 30, 4; 5, 13, 6; cf.: prout aliquis praevalens manceps annonam flagellet, keeps back commodities, i.e. maintains them at too high a price, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 164.

mancĭpĭum ( mancŭpĭum), ii (the contr. form of the gen., mancipi, like imperi, ingeni, etc., predominates in jurid. lang.), n. [manceps], a taking by hand; hence, law t. t., the formal acceptance, the taking possession of a purchase and sale (corresponding to the formal delivery by the vendor; cf. the feudal livery of seisin, etc.); the legal, formal purchase of a thing: est autem mancipatio imaginaria quaedam venditio: quod et ipsum jus proprium civium Romanorum est. Eaque res ita agitur: adhibitis non minus quam quinque testibus civibus Romanis puberibus et praeterea alio ejusdem condicionis, qui libram aeneam teneat, qui appellatur libripens, is qui mancipio accipit, rem tenens ita dicit: hunc ego hominem ex jure Quiritium meum esse aio, isque mihi emptus est hoc aere aëneaque libra: deinde aere percutit libram, idque aes dat ei, a quo mancipio accipit, quasi pretii loco. Eo modo et serviles et liberae personae mancipantur: animalia quoque, quae mancipi sunt, quo in numero habentur boves, equi, muli, asini;

ita praedia tam urbana quam rustica, quae et ipsa mancipi sunt, qualia sunt Italica, eodem modo solent mancipari. In eo solo praediorum mancipatio a ceterorum mancipatione differt, quod personae serviles et liberae, item animalia quae mancipi sunt, nisi in praesentia sint, mancipari non possunt, adeo quidem, ut eum, qui mancipio accipit, apprehendere id ipsum, quod ei mancipio datur, necesse sit: unde etiam mancipatio dicitur, quia manu res capitur: praedia vero absentia solent mancipari,

Gai. Inst. 1, 119 sq.:

hoc in mancipio Marius non dixerat,

at the sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67; cf.:

cum M. Marius Graditianus aedes Auratae vendidisset, neque in mancipii lege dixisset, etc.,

in the contract of sale... in the sale, id. de Or. 1, 39, 178.—

Transf.

A possession, property, right of ownership, acquired by such purchase: mancipio dare, and accipere, to give or take possession of by way of formal seizure (on the case of mancipio, v. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1243): Ca. Memini et mancipio tibi dabo. Cu. Egon' ab lenone quicquam Mancipio accipiam? quibus sui nihil est nisi una lingua? Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 8; Cic. Att. 13, 50, 2:

ille aedis mancupio aps te accepit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 19:

egomet ei me mancupio dabo,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 23:

finge mancipio aliquem dedisse id, quod mancipio dari non potest,

Cic. Top. 10, 45:

esse in mancipio alicujus,

to be the property of any one, Gell. 18, 6, 9:

mancupio aedis poscere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 42.— Esp., in the Roman law, things were classified as res mancipi (for mancipii; also,

res mancupi for mancupii) and res nec mancipi, i. e. things transferrible only by formal mancipation, and things transferrible by mere delivery,

Gai. Inst. 2, 15 sqq.; 59; 65; Ulp. Fragm. 19, 1 sqq. (cf. Maine, Ancient Law, chap. viii.):

in iis rebus repetendis, quae mancipi sunt,

Cic. Mur. 2:

abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio,

id. Top. 5.—

Trop.:

vitaque mancipio nulli datur, omnibus usu,

Lucr. 3, 971: fortuna nihil dat mancipio, bestows nothing as a property or constant possession, Sen. Ep. 72, 9.—

Concr., a slave obtained by mancipium:

mancipia, quae dominorum sunt facta nexu aut aliquo jure civili,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35; id. Att. 8, 11, 4.—

In gen., a slave:

Edepol mancipium scelestum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 20; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 18; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

mancipiis locuples eget aeris Cappadocum rex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 39:

mancipia argento parata,

purchased slaves, Liv. 41, 6: mancipium Caesaris, Tac. A. 2, 2:

nudum olido stans Fornice,

Juv. 11, 172; 9, 120; Vulg. Apoc. 18, 13.—

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

jurat, Se fore mancipium tempus in omne tuum,

thy slave, servant, Ov. P. 4, 5, 40:

omnis Musae,

Petr. 68:

Christi,

Prud. Apoth. 476.

mancĭpo ( mancŭpo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [manceps].

To make over or deliver up as property by means of the formal act of purchase (mancipium; v. mancipium init.), to dispose of, transfer, alienate, sell (not in Cic.; for the true reading ap. Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24, is emancipaverat; id. Sen. 11, 38, emancipatus; and id. Phil. 2, 21, 51, emancipatum).

Lit.:

alienos mancupatis, Alienos manumittitis,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 10:

servos singulos actori publico,

Tac. A. 2, 30; Gai. Inst. 2, 33:

defundo mancipando,

id. ib. 4, 131:

quaedam, si credis consultis, mancipat usus,

gives one a title to, makes one's property, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 159. —

Trop., to give up to, deliver up, subject:

luxu et saginae mancipatus emptusque,

Tac. H. 2, 71:

corpus mero et stupro,

App. M. 9, p. 223, 29: de ignaviae latebris retractus curiarum functionibus mancipetur, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 83.—

I. q. manu capere, to seize, catch:

ita capitur (alces): alioqui difficile est eam mancipari,

Sol. 20.

mancĭpĭum ( mancŭpĭum), ii (the contr. form of the gen., mancipi, like imperi, ingeni, etc., predominates in jurid. lang.), n. [manceps], a taking by hand; hence, law t. t., the formal acceptance, the taking possession of a purchase and sale (corresponding to the formal delivery by the vendor; cf. the feudal livery of seisin, etc.); the legal, formal purchase of a thing: est autem mancipatio imaginaria quaedam venditio: quod et ipsum jus proprium civium Romanorum est. Eaque res ita agitur: adhibitis non minus quam quinque testibus civibus Romanis puberibus et praeterea alio ejusdem condicionis, qui libram aeneam teneat, qui appellatur libripens, is qui mancipio accipit, rem tenens ita dicit: hunc ego hominem ex jure Quiritium meum esse aio, isque mihi emptus est hoc aere aëneaque libra: deinde aere percutit libram, idque aes dat ei, a quo mancipio accipit, quasi pretii loco. Eo modo et serviles et liberae personae mancipantur: animalia quoque, quae mancipi sunt, quo in numero habentur boves, equi, muli, asini;

ita praedia tam urbana quam rustica, quae et ipsa mancipi sunt, qualia sunt Italica, eodem modo solent mancipari. In eo solo praediorum mancipatio a ceterorum mancipatione differt, quod personae serviles et liberae, item animalia quae mancipi sunt, nisi in praesentia sint, mancipari non possunt, adeo quidem, ut eum, qui mancipio accipit, apprehendere id ipsum, quod ei mancipio datur, necesse sit: unde etiam mancipatio dicitur, quia manu res capitur: praedia vero absentia solent mancipari,

Gai. Inst. 1, 119 sq.:

hoc in mancipio Marius non dixerat,

at the sale, Cic. Off. 3, 16, 67; cf.:

cum M. Marius Graditianus aedes Auratae vendidisset, neque in mancipii lege dixisset, etc.,

in the contract of sale... in the sale, id. de Or. 1, 39, 178.—

Transf.

A possession, property, right of ownership, acquired by such purchase: mancipio dare, and accipere, to give or take possession of by way of formal seizure (on the case of mancipio, v. Roby, Gram. 2, § 1243): Ca. Memini et mancipio tibi dabo. Cu. Egon' ab lenone quicquam Mancipio accipiam? quibus sui nihil est nisi una lingua? Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 8; Cic. Att. 13, 50, 2:

ille aedis mancupio aps te accepit,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 19:

egomet ei me mancupio dabo,

id. Mil. 1, 1, 23:

finge mancipio aliquem dedisse id, quod mancipio dari non potest,

Cic. Top. 10, 45:

esse in mancipio alicujus,

to be the property of any one, Gell. 18, 6, 9:

mancupio aedis poscere,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 42.— Esp., in the Roman law, things were classified as res mancipi (for mancipii; also,

res mancupi for mancupii) and res nec mancipi, i. e. things transferrible only by formal mancipation, and things transferrible by mere delivery,

Gai. Inst. 2, 15 sqq.; 59; 65; Ulp. Fragm. 19, 1 sqq. (cf. Maine, Ancient Law, chap. viii.):

in iis rebus repetendis, quae mancipi sunt,

Cic. Mur. 2:

abalienatio est ejus rei, quae mancipi est, aut traditio alteri nexu aut in jure cessio,

id. Top. 5.—

Trop.:

vitaque mancipio nulli datur, omnibus usu,

Lucr. 3, 971: fortuna nihil dat mancipio, bestows nothing as a property or constant possession, Sen. Ep. 72, 9.—

Concr., a slave obtained by mancipium:

mancipia, quae dominorum sunt facta nexu aut aliquo jure civili,

Cic. Par. 5, 1, 35; id. Att. 8, 11, 4.—

In gen., a slave:

Edepol mancipium scelestum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 20; cf. id. Truc. 2, 2, 18; id. Capt. 5, 2, 1:

mancipiis locuples eget aeris Cappadocum rex,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 39:

mancipia argento parata,

purchased slaves, Liv. 41, 6: mancipium Caesaris, Tac. A. 2, 2:

nudum olido stans Fornice,

Juv. 11, 172; 9, 120; Vulg. Apoc. 18, 13.—

Trop. ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

jurat, Se fore mancipium tempus in omne tuum,

thy slave, servant, Ov. P. 4, 5, 40:

omnis Musae,

Petr. 68:

Christi,

Prud. Apoth. 476.

mancĭpo ( mancŭpo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [manceps].

To make over or deliver up as property by means of the formal act of purchase (mancipium; v. mancipium init.), to dispose of, transfer, alienate, sell (not in Cic.; for the true reading ap. Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24, is emancipaverat; id. Sen. 11, 38, emancipatus; and id. Phil. 2, 21, 51, emancipatum).

Lit.:

alienos mancupatis, Alienos manumittitis,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 10:

servos singulos actori publico,

Tac. A. 2, 30; Gai. Inst. 2, 33:

defundo mancipando,

id. ib. 4, 131:

quaedam, si credis consultis, mancipat usus,

gives one a title to, makes one's property, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 159. —

Trop., to give up to, deliver up, subject:

luxu et saginae mancipatus emptusque,

Tac. H. 2, 71:

corpus mero et stupro,

App. M. 9, p. 223, 29: de ignaviae latebris retractus curiarum functionibus mancipetur, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 83.—

I. q. manu capere, to seize, catch:

ita capitur (alces): alioqui difficile est eam mancipari,

Sol. 20.

pūblĭcānus, a, um, adj. [publicus].

Of or belonging to the public revenue, or to the farming of the revenue: muliercula, the wife of a farmer-general (with an odious secondary meaning), Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 34, § 78. —

Subst.: pūblĭcānus, i, m.

A farmer-general of the Roman revenues, usually from the equestrian order (freq. and class.;

syn.: manceps, redemptor),

Cic. Planc. 9, 23; id. Rab. Post. 2, 3; id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 11, § 32; Liv. 43, 16; 25, 3; 39, 44:

quod publicanus ejus publici nomine vi ademerit quodve familia publicanorum,

Dig. 39, 4, 1, prooem. sqq.; Just. 38, 7, 8.—

In gen., a tax-gatherer, publican, Vulg. Luc. 18, 10.

sūtrīnus, a, um, adj. [contr. for sutorinus, from sutor], of or belonging to a shoemaker or cobbler, shoemaker ' s - (mostly post-Aug. for sutorius).

Adj.:

taberna,

Tac. A. 15, 34:

ars,

Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 196; Varr. L. L. 5, § 93 Müll. —

sūtrīna, ae, f.

(Sc. officina.) A shoemaker ' s shop, cobbler ' s stall; sutrinae manceps, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 122; 35, 10, 37, § 112; Tert. Pall. 5. —

(Sc. ars.) The shoemaker ' s trade, Varr. ap. Non. 160, 17; Vitr. 6, praef. fin.; Lact. 1, 18, 21; App. Flor. p. 346, 35. —

sūtrīnum, i, n. (sc. artificium), a shoemaker ' s work or trade, Sen. Ep. 90, 23.

Sūtrīnus, a, um, v. Sutrium, I.