to hire one

lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1 (old forms, locassim for locaverim, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 51; so,

locassint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. a. [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange.

Lit.

In gen.:

equites pro cornibus,

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

crates adversas locari jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46:

milites super vallum in munimentis,

Sall. J. 100:

cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

fundamenta (urbis),

Verg. A. 4, 266; cf. id. ib. 1, 428:

gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,

id. ib. 8, 176:

vicos,

Tac. G. 16:

stipendium et commeatum,

Sall. J. 90.—

In partic.

Locare puellam in matrimonium or in matrimonio, nuptiis, nuptum, or simply locare, to give a girl in marriage, to marry her to any one: cur me huic locabas nuptiis? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 157 Vahl.):

virginem habeo grandem, neque eam queo locare quoiquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

in matrimonium,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 52:

aliquam in luculentam familiam,

id. Cist. 3, 2, 18:

nuptum virginem adulescenti,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25.—

To let, lease, to hire or farm out (opp. conduco):

vectigalia,

Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:

portorium,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:

agrum frumento,

Liv. 27, 3:

praedia non nummo sed partibus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:

tabernas civitatibus ad stationem,

Suet. Ner. 37.—

To give out on contract, to contract for having a thing done:

tu idem optimum est Loces efferendum: nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30:

impero, ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces,

id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

ut quod sit sibi operis locatum ecficeret,

id. As. 2, 4, 37:

ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi ad artis naugatorias,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

statuam faciendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

funera,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 120:

majore pecuniā columnas dealbandas, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

154: statuas demoliendas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 67, § 161: auseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda), [p. 1074] id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

Junoni templum (sc. exstruendum),

Liv. 5, 23:

vestimenta exercitui (sc. facienda),

id. 27, 10:

ingentesque locat Caesonia Rhenos,

Pers. 6, 47.—

Locare se or locare operam suam, to hire one's self out, hire out one's services:

quid si aliquo ad ludos me pro manduco locem,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51:

operam suam ad aliquam rem,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 1; Gell. 3, 3, 14:

vocem,

i. e. to become a ranter, Juv. 8, 185:

locare noctes, of courtesans,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 30.—

To lend:

ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3.—

To quarter, establish in quarters:

cohortes novis hibernaculis,

Tac. A. 14, 38.—

Of money, to invest, place:

nec quicquam argenti locavi jam diu usquam aeque bene?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 144.—

To put or lend out money on interest:

locare argenti nemini nummum queo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 4. —Hence, locare se, to bring in interest, to yield:

disciplina (histrionis) quae erat (Panurgo) ab hoc (Roscio) tradita, locabat se non minus HS CCCICCC,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28.—

Trop.

In gen., to place, put, set, lay, fix:

metuo hercle ne illa mulier mi insidias locet,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 17:

num tu pudicae quoipiam insidias locas?

id. Curc. 1, 1, 25:

vitam in tam clara luce locavit,

Lucr. 5, 12:

inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:

aliquem in amplissimo gradu dignitatis,

id. Mur. 14, 30:

civitas in Catonis et Bruti fide locata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

omnia mea studia in Milonis magistratu fixi et locavi,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 3:

eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitiā praestabilius esse putetis,

id. ib. 27, 104:

res certis in personis ac temporibus locata,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum,

consists in, id. Off. 3, 17, 71:

beneficium apud gratos,

to confer upon, Liv. 7, 20.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. c.) To put out, as at interest; to place so as to secure a return: optumo optume optumam operam das;

datam pulcre locas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 122:

beneficia apud gratos,

Liv. 7, 20, 5: benefacta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.).—

Locare nomen, to become surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, P. a.: lŏcātus, a, um, only as subst.: lŏcātum, i, n., that which is placed on lease, hired out, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.

lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1 (old forms, locassim for locaverim, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 51; so,

locassint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. a. [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange.

Lit.

In gen.:

equites pro cornibus,

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

crates adversas locari jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46:

milites super vallum in munimentis,

Sall. J. 100:

cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

fundamenta (urbis),

Verg. A. 4, 266; cf. id. ib. 1, 428:

gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,

id. ib. 8, 176:

vicos,

Tac. G. 16:

stipendium et commeatum,

Sall. J. 90.—

In partic.

Locare puellam in matrimonium or in matrimonio, nuptiis, nuptum, or simply locare, to give a girl in marriage, to marry her to any one: cur me huic locabas nuptiis? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 157 Vahl.):

virginem habeo grandem, neque eam queo locare quoiquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

in matrimonium,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 52:

aliquam in luculentam familiam,

id. Cist. 3, 2, 18:

nuptum virginem adulescenti,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25.—

To let, lease, to hire or farm out (opp. conduco):

vectigalia,

Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:

portorium,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:

agrum frumento,

Liv. 27, 3:

praedia non nummo sed partibus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:

tabernas civitatibus ad stationem,

Suet. Ner. 37.—

To give out on contract, to contract for having a thing done:

tu idem optimum est Loces efferendum: nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30:

impero, ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces,

id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

ut quod sit sibi operis locatum ecficeret,

id. As. 2, 4, 37:

ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi ad artis naugatorias,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

statuam faciendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

funera,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 120:

majore pecuniā columnas dealbandas, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

154: statuas demoliendas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 67, § 161: auseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda), [p. 1074] id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

Junoni templum (sc. exstruendum),

Liv. 5, 23:

vestimenta exercitui (sc. facienda),

id. 27, 10:

ingentesque locat Caesonia Rhenos,

Pers. 6, 47.—

Locare se or locare operam suam, to hire one's self out, hire out one's services:

quid si aliquo ad ludos me pro manduco locem,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51:

operam suam ad aliquam rem,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 1; Gell. 3, 3, 14:

vocem,

i. e. to become a ranter, Juv. 8, 185:

locare noctes, of courtesans,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 30.—

To lend:

ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3.—

To quarter, establish in quarters:

cohortes novis hibernaculis,

Tac. A. 14, 38.—

Of money, to invest, place:

nec quicquam argenti locavi jam diu usquam aeque bene?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 144.—

To put or lend out money on interest:

locare argenti nemini nummum queo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 4. —Hence, locare se, to bring in interest, to yield:

disciplina (histrionis) quae erat (Panurgo) ab hoc (Roscio) tradita, locabat se non minus HS CCCICCC,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28.—

Trop.

In gen., to place, put, set, lay, fix:

metuo hercle ne illa mulier mi insidias locet,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 17:

num tu pudicae quoipiam insidias locas?

id. Curc. 1, 1, 25:

vitam in tam clara luce locavit,

Lucr. 5, 12:

inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:

aliquem in amplissimo gradu dignitatis,

id. Mur. 14, 30:

civitas in Catonis et Bruti fide locata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

omnia mea studia in Milonis magistratu fixi et locavi,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 3:

eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitiā praestabilius esse putetis,

id. ib. 27, 104:

res certis in personis ac temporibus locata,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum,

consists in, id. Off. 3, 17, 71:

beneficium apud gratos,

to confer upon, Liv. 7, 20.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. c.) To put out, as at interest; to place so as to secure a return: optumo optume optumam operam das;

datam pulcre locas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 122:

beneficia apud gratos,

Liv. 7, 20, 5: benefacta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.).—

Locare nomen, to become surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, P. a.: lŏcātus, a, um, only as subst.: lŏcātum, i, n., that which is placed on lease, hired out, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.

lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1 (old forms, locassim for locaverim, Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 51; so,

locassint,

Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. a. [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange.

Lit.

In gen.:

equites pro cornibus,

Quint. 2, 13, 3:

crates adversas locari jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 46:

milites super vallum in munimentis,

Sall. J. 100:

cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:

fundamenta (urbis),

Verg. A. 4, 266; cf. id. ib. 1, 428:

gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,

id. ib. 8, 176:

vicos,

Tac. G. 16:

stipendium et commeatum,

Sall. J. 90.—

In partic.

Locare puellam in matrimonium or in matrimonio, nuptiis, nuptum, or simply locare, to give a girl in marriage, to marry her to any one: cur me huic locabas nuptiis? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 157 Vahl.):

virginem habeo grandem, neque eam queo locare quoiquam,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 15:

in matrimonium,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 52:

aliquam in luculentam familiam,

id. Cist. 3, 2, 18:

nuptum virginem adulescenti,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25.—

To let, lease, to hire or farm out (opp. conduco):

vectigalia,

Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:

portorium,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:

agrum frumento,

Liv. 27, 3:

praedia non nummo sed partibus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:

tabernas civitatibus ad stationem,

Suet. Ner. 37.—

To give out on contract, to contract for having a thing done:

tu idem optimum est Loces efferendum: nam jam credo mortuus est,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30:

impero, ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces,

id. ib. 2, 2, 73:

ut quod sit sibi operis locatum ecficeret,

id. As. 2, 4, 37:

ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi ad artis naugatorias,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 2:

statuam faciendam,

Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:

funera,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 120:

majore pecuniā columnas dealbandas, quam, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §

154: statuas demoliendas,

id. ib. 2, 2, 67, § 161: auseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda), [p. 1074] id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:

Junoni templum (sc. exstruendum),

Liv. 5, 23:

vestimenta exercitui (sc. facienda),

id. 27, 10:

ingentesque locat Caesonia Rhenos,

Pers. 6, 47.—

Locare se or locare operam suam, to hire one's self out, hire out one's services:

quid si aliquo ad ludos me pro manduco locem,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51:

operam suam ad aliquam rem,

id. Trin. 4, 2, 1; Gell. 3, 3, 14:

vocem,

i. e. to become a ranter, Juv. 8, 185:

locare noctes, of courtesans,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 30.—

To lend:

ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3.—

To quarter, establish in quarters:

cohortes novis hibernaculis,

Tac. A. 14, 38.—

Of money, to invest, place:

nec quicquam argenti locavi jam diu usquam aeque bene?

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 144.—

To put or lend out money on interest:

locare argenti nemini nummum queo,

Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 4. —Hence, locare se, to bring in interest, to yield:

disciplina (histrionis) quae erat (Panurgo) ab hoc (Roscio) tradita, locabat se non minus HS CCCICCC,

Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28.—

Trop.

In gen., to place, put, set, lay, fix:

metuo hercle ne illa mulier mi insidias locet,

Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 17:

num tu pudicae quoipiam insidias locas?

id. Curc. 1, 1, 25:

vitam in tam clara luce locavit,

Lucr. 5, 12:

inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam,

Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:

aliquem in amplissimo gradu dignitatis,

id. Mur. 14, 30:

civitas in Catonis et Bruti fide locata,

id. Att. 6, 1, 5:

omnia mea studia in Milonis magistratu fixi et locavi,

id. Fam. 2, 6, 3:

eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 40:

vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitiā praestabilius esse putetis,

id. ib. 27, 104:

res certis in personis ac temporibus locata,

id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:

prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum,

consists in, id. Off. 3, 17, 71:

beneficium apud gratos,

to confer upon, Liv. 7, 20.—

(Acc. to I. B. 2. c.) To put out, as at interest; to place so as to secure a return: optumo optume optumam operam das;

datam pulcre locas,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 122:

beneficia apud gratos,

Liv. 7, 20, 5: benefacta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.).—

Locare nomen, to become surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, P. a.: lŏcātus, a, um, only as subst.: lŏcātum, i, n., that which is placed on lease, hired out, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.

auctōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (access. form auctōror, āri, Dig. 26, 8, 4; 27, 6, 9; App. M. 9, p. 225, 40; Tert. ad Scap. 1) [auctor].

To become security for, to give a pledge as bondsman, Dig. 27, 6, 9; 26, 8, 4.— Trop., in the pass.:

observatio satis auctorata consensūs patrocinio,

confirmed, supported, Tert. Cor. Mil. 2.—

More freq. se auctorare, or pass. auctorari, to bind or oblige one ' s self to something, to hire one ' s self out for some service (mostly post-Aug.;

never in Cic.): vindemitor auctoratus,

Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10.—Esp. of gladiators: Quid refert, uri virgis ferroque necari Auctoratus eas, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 59 (qui se vendunt ludo (gladiatorio) auctorati vocantur;

auctoratio enim dicitur venditio gladiatorum, Acro): proximo munere inter novos auctoratos ferulis vapulare placet,

Sen. Apocol.p.251 Bip.:

auctoratus ob sepeliendum patrem,

Quint. Decl. 302; Inscr. Orell. 4404.—Hence, in the pun:

ipsum magis auctoratum populum Romanum circumferens,

i. e. brought into greater danger than the gladiators, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—Hence,

In gen., to bind:

eo pignore velut auctoratum sibi proditorem ratus est,

Liv. 36, 10; Manil. 5, 340.—

Sibi mortem aliquā re, to bring death to one ' s self by some means, Vell. 2, 30.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).

In gen.

Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

populum in forum,

Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

exercitum in unum locum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

eo copias omnes,

id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

copias suas,

id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

auxilia,

Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

dispersas suorum copias,

Tac. H. 4, 71:

virgines unum in locum,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

omnis clientes suos eodem,

Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

milites in unum,

Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—

Of inanimate objects:

vineas,

Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

nubila,

Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —

Esp.,

Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.

Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

partes in unum,

Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

cortice ramos,

Ov. M. 4, 375:

lac,

to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

conducere musculum aut laxare,

to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

vulnera cerā,

to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —

Trop.:

propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

Arn. 4, p. 146:

dies adeo conductus,

i. e. short, Sol. 22.—

T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).

To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

aedes aliquas mihi,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

hortum,

id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

id. Caecin. 32, 94:

habitationem in annum,

Dig. 19, 2, 19:

ad certum tempus,

ib. 19, 2, 14:

insulam,

ib. 19, 2, 30:

conduxi domum a te,

Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

nummos,

to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

pecuniam,

Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

cocum,

id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

meretricem,

id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

torum,

Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

praeceptores publice,

Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

choragum,

Suet. Aug. 70:

homines,

Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

mercede aliquem,

Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

mercede diurnā conductus,

Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

pictorem magno pretio,

Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.

conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

bella conducta,

carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —

conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

locati conducti,

ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—

To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

caedundos agnos,

id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

mulierem vehendam nave,

ib. 19, 2, 19:

aliquem docendum,

ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

vectigalia,

to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

tabulas in Italiam portandas,

Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

portorium,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —

Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.

With in:

quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

in commune,

Tac. A. 2, 38.—

With ad:

ad ventris victum,

Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

ad vitae commoditatem,

Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—

With dat. (so most freq.):

huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

maxime rei publicae,

Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

omnibus,

Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

tuae laudi,

id. Fam. 13, 48:

nostris rationibus,

id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

maxime sibi,

Quint. 11, 1, 12:

alvo citae (vinum),

Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

proposito,

Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

imbres non conducunt vitibus,

Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—

Absol.:

dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

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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.).

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.—

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.—

Transf.

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.—

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.

merces, for merx, v. h. v.

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.

prō-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to write before or in front of, to write over or upon, to inscribe.

In gen. (post-Aug.):

vultus voluntariā poenarum lege proscripti,

written over, inscribed, Petr. 107.—

In partic.

To publish any thing by writing (freq. and class.):

ut quo die esse oporteret idus Januarias, eo die Calendas Martias proscriberet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

quam (legem) non is promulgavit, quo nomine proscriptam videtis,

id. ib. 2, 5, 69, §

177: non proscriptā neque edictā die,

id. ib. 1, 54, 141:

venationem,

id. Att. 16, 4, 1:

leges,

Tac. A. 13, 51:

versiculos per vias,

Gell. 15, 4, 3.—

With obj.-clause:

senatum Calendis velle se frequentem adesse, etiam Formiis proscribi jussit,

Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1:

proscribit se auctionem esse facturum,

id. Quint. 4, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 49.—

To offer in writing any thing for sale, lease, or hire, or as to be sold by auction, to post up, advertise:

proscribere palam sic accipimus, claris litteris, ut, etc.,

Dig. 14, 3, 11:

Racilius tabulam proscripsit, se familiam Catonianam venditurum,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5:

Claudius proscripsit insulam, vendidit,

id. Off. 3, 16, 65.—

To publish a person as having forfeited his property, to punish with confiscation, to confiscate one's property (cf. publico):

quaero enim, quid sit aliud proscribere. Velitis, jubeatis, ut M. Tullius in civitate ne sit, bonaque ejus ut mea sint,

Cic. Dom. 17, 43:

Pompeium,

to confiscate the estates gained by him, id. Agr. 2, 36, 99:

vicinos,

to confiscate the lands of one's neighbors, id. ib. 3, 4, 14:

possessiones,

id. ib.:

bona,

Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5.—

To proscribe, outlaw one, by hanging up a tablet with his name and sentence of outlawry, confiscation of goods, etc.:

posteaquam victoria constituta est, cum proscriberentur homines, qui adversarii fuisse putabantur,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16:

victoriā Sullae parentes,

Sall. C. 37, 9:

modus proscribendi,

Suet. Aug. 27.—Hence, P. a., as subst.: prōscriptus, i, an outlaw, one proscribed:

contra legem Corneliam, quae proscriptum juvari vetat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123:

proscriptorum liberos honores petere puduit,

Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117:

in proscriptorum numero esse,

Sall. C. 51, 33:

bona proscriptorum,

id. H. 1, 31 Dietsch.—

Trop.:

cujus pudoris dignitas in concione proscripta sit,

has been brought into ill repute, rendered suspected, Petr. 106.

lŏcārĭus, a, um, adj. [loco], of or belonging to letting; hence, substt.

lŏcārĭus, ii, m., one who first took possession of a seat in the theatre and let it out to one who came later:

Hermes, divitiae locariorum,

a famous gladiator, who filled the theatre, and thus brought much gain to those who parted with their seats for hire, Mart. 5, 24, 9.—

lŏcārĭum, ii, n., rent paid for a stall to sell goods from, stall-money, stallage, Varr. L. L. 5, § 15 Müll.

lŏcārĭus, a, um, adj. [loco], of or belonging to letting; hence, substt.

lŏcārĭus, ii, m., one who first took possession of a seat in the theatre and let it out to one who came later:

Hermes, divitiae locariorum,

a famous gladiator, who filled the theatre, and thus brought much gain to those who parted with their seats for hire, Mart. 5, 24, 9.—

lŏcārĭum, ii, n., rent paid for a stall to sell goods from, stall-money, stallage, Varr. L. L. 5, § 15 Müll.

auctōrāmentum, i, n. [auctoro].

That which binds or obliges to the performance of certain services; hence (in concr.), a contract, stipulation: illius turpissimi auctoramenti (sc. gladiatorii) verba sunt;

uri, vinciri ferroque necari,

Sen. Ep. 37.— More freq.,

That for which one binds himself to some service or duty (as that of soldiers, gladiators, etc.), wages, pay, hire, reward.

Lit.: est in illis ipsa merces, auctoramentum servitutis, *Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; so Tert. Apol. 39:

rudiariis revocatis auctoramento centenūm milium,

Suet. Tib. 7:

jugulati civis Romani auctoramentum,

Vell. 2, 28, 3; 2, 66, 3.—

Trop., reward:

nullum sine auctoramento malum est,

Sen. Ep. 69:

discriminis,

Eum. Pan. ad Constant. 12.

mīlĕs (MEILES, Inscr. Mur. 582; late form, milex, Gromat. Vet. p. 246, 19), ĭtis, comm. [Sanscr root mil-, to unite, combine; cf.:

mille, milites, quod trium millium primo legio fiebat, ac singulae tribus Titiensium, Ramnium, Lucerum milia singula militum mittebant,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.], a soldier.

Lit.

In gen.:

miles, qui locum non tenuit,

Cic. Clu. 46, 128: legere milites, to levy, raise, Pompei, ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 a, 3:

scribere,

to enlist, enroll, Sall. J. 43, 3:

deligere,

Liv. 29, 1:

ordinare,

to form into companies, id. ib.:

mercede conducere,

to hire, take into one's pay, id. ib. 29, 5:

dimittere,

to dismiss, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2:

miles tremulus,

i. e. Priam, Juv. 10, 267:

miles cum die, qui prodictus sit, aberat, neque excusatus erat, infrequens dabatur,

Gell. 16, 4, 5.—

In partic., of foot-soldiers, infantry, in opp. to eques:

tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem inisit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. eques.—Opp. to the general: miles gregarius, or miles alone, a common soldier, private:

strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exsequebatur,

Sall. C. 60, 4; id. J. 62; Vell. 2, 18, 1 volgus militum, Liv. 22, 30, 7:

maritim as,

a soldier in sea-service, marine, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61.—

Transf.

Collect., the soldiery, the army (esp. freq. in the postAug. per.), Liv. 22, 57 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 495; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 78, 2; Tac. A. 1, 2; 24; 2, 16; Juv. 10, 155; 16, 18 et saep.—

Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.—

A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess:

discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles,

Ov. Tr. 2, 477.—

Fem., of a woman who is in childbed for the first time:

et rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram,

Ov. H. 11, 48.—Of a nymph in the train of Diana:

miles erat Phoebes,

Ov. M. 2, 415.—

(Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.:

bonus Christi,

Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.

vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [contr. from venum-do, venundo; v. 2. venus], to sell, vend.

Lit.:

aut hoc emptore vendes pulchre aut alio non potes,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31:

juravistin' te illam nulli venditurum?

id. Ps. 1, 3, 118:

argentum accepi, dote inperium vendidi,

id. As. 1, 1, 74:

dum quidem hercle ne minoris vendas quam ego emi, pater,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 89:

vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,

Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

quam optime vendere,

id. ib.:

male,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

dicit, quanti cujusque agri decumas vendiderit,

id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §

123 sq.: praedia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54, §

142: fanum pecuniā grandi,

id. Sest. 26, 56.— Subst.: vendĭtum, i, n., a sale:

tot judicia, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt,

sale, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

constat negotiatio ex empto et vendito,

Sen. Ben. 6, 38, 2.—

Trop., to sell or give up any thing for money, to betray:

cum te trecentis talentis regi Cotto vendidisses... quorum omnium capita regi Cotto vendidisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ut modo se his, modo vendat illis,

id. Har. Resp. 22, 47:

vendidit hic auro patriam,

sold, betrayed, Verg. A. 6, 621:

suffragia nulli,

Juv. 10, 78:

sua funera,

i. e. to expose one's life for hire, id. 8, 192:

animam lucro,

Pers. 6, 75:

verba sollicitis reis,

Mart. 5, 16, 6:

hoc ridere meum tam nil, nullā tibi vendo Iliade,

I will not sell it thee for an Iliad, Pers. 1, 122.—

Transf., to cry up, trumpet, blazon, praise a thing (as if offering it for sale):

Ligarianam praeclare vendidisti,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 2:

vendit poëma,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 75:

at tu qui Venerem docuisti vendere primus,

Tib. 1, 4, 59:

te peregrinis vendere muneribus,

Prop. 1, 2, 4:

purpura vendit Causidicum, vendunt amethystina,

recommend, Juv. 7, 135.

v.), acc. to Diom. p. 365 P. In prose of the golden period, no passive forms of vendo are found, except the partt. venditus and vendendus; but from the time of Seneca the pres. and imperf. pass. are freq.; e. g. Sen. Contr. 1, 2, § 7; Just. 11, 4, 8; 34, 2, 6; Spart. Had. 18, § 8; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45; Diom. p. 365 P.

vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3, v. a. [contr. from venum-do, venundo; v. 2. venus], to sell, vend.

Lit.:

aut hoc emptore vendes pulchre aut alio non potes,

Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 31:

juravistin' te illam nulli venditurum?

id. Ps. 1, 3, 118:

argentum accepi, dote inperium vendidi,

id. As. 1, 1, 74:

dum quidem hercle ne minoris vendas quam ego emi, pater,

id. Merc. 2, 3, 89:

vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris,

Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51:

quam optime vendere,

id. ib.:

male,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227:

dicit, quanti cujusque agri decumas vendiderit,

id. ib. 2, 3, 53, §

123 sq.: praedia,

id. ib. 2, 1, 54, §

142: fanum pecuniā grandi,

id. Sest. 26, 56.— Subst.: vendĭtum, i, n., a sale:

tot judicia, quae ex empto aut vendito aut conducto aut locato contra fidem fiunt,

sale, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74:

constat negotiatio ex empto et vendito,

Sen. Ben. 6, 38, 2.—

Trop., to sell or give up any thing for money, to betray:

cum te trecentis talentis regi Cotto vendidisses... quorum omnium capita regi Cotto vendidisti,

Cic. Pis. 34, 84:

ut modo se his, modo vendat illis,

id. Har. Resp. 22, 47:

vendidit hic auro patriam,

sold, betrayed, Verg. A. 6, 621:

suffragia nulli,

Juv. 10, 78:

sua funera,

i. e. to expose one's life for hire, id. 8, 192:

animam lucro,

Pers. 6, 75:

verba sollicitis reis,

Mart. 5, 16, 6:

hoc ridere meum tam nil, nullā tibi vendo Iliade,

I will not sell it thee for an Iliad, Pers. 1, 122.—

Transf., to cry up, trumpet, blazon, praise a thing (as if offering it for sale):

Ligarianam praeclare vendidisti,

Cic. Att. 13, 12, 2:

vendit poëma,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 75:

at tu qui Venerem docuisti vendere primus,

Tib. 1, 4, 59:

te peregrinis vendere muneribus,

Prop. 1, 2, 4:

purpura vendit Causidicum, vendunt amethystina,

recommend, Juv. 7, 135.

v.), acc. to Diom. p. 365 P. In prose of the golden period, no passive forms of vendo are found, except the partt. venditus and vendendus; but from the time of Seneca the pres. and imperf. pass. are freq.; e. g. Sen. Contr. 1, 2, § 7; Just. 11, 4, 8; 34, 2, 6; Spart. Had. 18, § 8; Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45; Diom. p. 365 P.