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tied with a bribe

  • 1 mercēs

        mercēs ēdis, f    [2 SMAR-], price, hire, pay wages, salary, fee, reward: mercedem Coëgi, T. manuum mercede inopiam tolerare, of manual labor, S.: operae: Apollonius cum mercede doceret: mercede diurnā Conductus, H.: poscere mercedes, work for hire, Iu.: pro quā mercede pavere, etc., V.— An unrighteous reward, bribe: Baebium magnā mercede parat, S.: paciscitur magnā mercede cum principibus, ut, etc., L.: a quibus mercedem accepisti: lingua adstricta mercede, tied with a bribe.—A price, reward, wages, recompense, punishment, cost, injury, detriment, stipulation, condition: mercedem lacrimarum constituere: mercedem imponere linguae, set a price on, Iu.: mercedem solvere, make payment, Iu.: non aliā bibam Mercede, condition, H.: temeritatis, punishment, L.: non sine magnā mercede, only at great cost: Hac coëant mercede suorum, i. e. at this sacrifice of their people, V.—Prov.: unā mercede duas res adsequi, kill two birds with one stone.— Rent, revenue, income, interest: praediorum: ex fundo: mercedes habitationum annuae, house-rents, Cs.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecat, takes out as discount, H.
    * * *
    pay, recompense, hire, salary, reward; rent, price; bribe

    Latin-English dictionary > mercēs

  • 2 merces

    1.
    merces, ēdis ( irreg. acc. mercem, Claud. 6; Cons. Hon. 578), f. [mereo, what is deserved or earned; hence], hire, pay, wages, salary, fee, reward, etc. (syn.: pretium, stipendium; class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    manuum mercede inopiam tolerare,

    the wages of manual labor, Sall. C. 37, 7:

    ne ars tanta abduceretur ad mercedem atque quaestum,

    Cic. Div. 1, 41, 92:

    operae,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:

    veterum officiorum,

    Juv. 5, 13:

    uti ab Arvernis Sequanisque Germani mercede arcesserentur,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

    haec merces erat dialecticorum,

    fee, Cic. Ac. 2, 30, 98:

    Apollonius cum mercede doceret,

    id. de Or. 1, 28, 126:

    mercedibus scenicorum recisis,

    the players' salaries, Suet. Tib. 34:

    poscere mercedes,

    to work for hire, Juv. 8, 246:

    sarcienda vestimenta mercede certa accipere,

    Gai. Inst. 3, 205.—Prov.:

    dignus est operarius mercede suo,

    Vulg. Luc. 10, 7.—
    B.
    In partic., in a bad sense, an unrighteous reward, a bribe:

    pretio atque mercede minuere majestatem rei publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 20, § 50:

    magnā mercede pacisci cum aliquo, ut,

    Liv. 25, 33: mercedem accipere ab aliquo, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

    lingua adstricta mercede,

    tied with a bribe, id. Pis. 13, 30:

    iniquitatis,

    Vulg. 2 Pet. 2, 13.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    A price for any thing, reward, wages; recompense, punishment; cost, injury, detriment; a stipulation, condition, etc.:

    mercedem alicujus rei constituere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 51, § 134:

    alicui proponere,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 4:

    alicui rei imponere,

    Juv. 7, 149:

    exigere ab aliquo,

    Cic. Lael. 21, 80:

    merces sanguinis atque laboris,

    Juv. 14, 164; 1, 42:

    mercedem solvere,

    to make payment, id. 7, 157:

    appellare,

    to demand payment, id. 7, 157, v. 158.—Prov.:

    unā mercede duas res adsequi,

    to kill two birds with one stone, Cic. Rosc. Am. 29, 80:

    non aliā bibam Mercede,

    condition, Hor. C. 1, 27, 13:

    temeritatis merces,

    punishment, Liv. 39, 55:

    qui metit mercedem accipit,

    reward, Vulg. Johan. 4, 36:

    in molestiā gaudeo, te eam fidem cognoscere hominum non ita magnā mercede, quam ego maximo dolore cognōram,

    price, cost, Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 3:

    non sine magnā mercede,

    not except at great cost, id. Tusc. 3, 6, 12:

    victum illa mercede parare,

    Juv. 14, 273:

    magnā quidem res tuas mercede colui,

    to my great disadvantage, Sen. Tranq. 11, 2.—
    B.
    Rent, revenue, income, interest:

    mercedes Argileti et Aventini,

    Cic. Att. 12, 32, 2:

    dotalium praediorum,

    id. ib. 15, 20, 4:

    ex fundo,

    id. Verr. 2, 3, 50, § 119:

    mercedes habitationum annuae,

    house-rents, Caes. B. C. 3, 21:

    publicanos tertiā mercedum parte relevavit,

    farm-rent, Suet. Caes. 20: quinas hic capiti mercedes exsecat, interest or discount on capital, Hor. S. 1, 2, 14.
    2.
    merces, for merx, v. h. v.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > merces

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