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  • 1 pretium

        pretium ī, n    [PRA-], a price, money value, value in exchange: pretia praediorum: duobus pretiis idem frumentum vendere: certa pretia constituere, fix: urbem pretio posuit, paid, V.: vectigalia parvo pretio redempta, cheaply, Cs.: pretio mercari ordinem senatorium, purchase: pactum pro capite, ransom: captivos pretio remittere, for a ransom, Cu.: tripodes pretium victoribus, prize, V.: rude, money, O.: In pretio pretium nunc est, wealth, O.: converso in pretium deo, i. e. a shower of gold, H.— Value, worth: agrum preti maioris nemo habet, T.: alicuius preti esse, of any value: in pretio esse, to be esteemed, L.: aurum in pretio habent, prize, Ta.: pudebat libertatis maius esse apud feminas pretium, etc., Cu.— Pay, hire, wages, bribe: Metellum pretio conrumpere: pretio adductus eripere patriam: sine pretio varium ius fuisse, bribery.—Fig., worth, value, esteem: homines magni preti: operae eorum pretium facere, value their services, L.: sive aliquod morum Est pretium, O.— Recompense, return, reward: pretium recte facti triumphum habere, L.: pretium debito beneficio addere, L.: satis ampla pretia, prizes, L.: Est pretium curae cognoscere, etc., it is worth the trouble, Iu.—With operae, a return for trouble, worth the effort, worth while: si nihil quod operae pretium esset fecerant: facturusne operae pretium sim, produce a work worth the pains, L.: operae pretium habent libertatem, i. e. their service is well rewarded by freedom, L.: ratus captā urbe, operae pretium fore, a prize, S.— Recompense, punishment: pretium ob stultitiam fero, T.: peccare nefas, aut pretium est mori, H.: sceleris, Iu.
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    price/value/worth; reward/pay; money; prayer/request

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  • 2 pretium

    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.).
    I.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf., worth, value, price.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Esp.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    III.
    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.—
    B.
    Transf., pay, hire, wages, reward, price (cf.: stipendium, merces).
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.

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  • 3 auctoramentum

    auctōrāmentum, i, n. [auctoro].
    I.
    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.,
    II.
    That for which one binds himself to some service or duty (as that of soldiers, gladiators, etc.), wages, pay, hire, reward.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop., reward:

    nullum sine auctoramento malum est,

    Sen. Ep. 69:

    discriminis,

    Eum. Pan. ad Constant. 12.

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  • 4 captura

    captūra, ae, f [capio] (post-Aug.).
    I.
    A taking, catching ( of animals);

    abstr.: piscium,

    Plin. 9, 19, 35, § 71:

    piscium et alitum,

    id. 19, 1, 2, § 10:

    pantherae,

    id. 28, 8, 27, § 93. —
    II.
    Meton. (abstr. pro concr.).
    A.
    That which is taken, the prey:

    pinxit venatores cum capturā,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 99; 10, 40, 56, § 115; Suet. Aug. 25.—Hence,
    B.
    Gain, profit (acquired by low or immoral employments), reward, pay, hire, wages:

    prostitutarum,

    Suet. Calig. 40:

    inhonesti lucri,

    Val. Max. 9, 4, 1; so id. 3, 4, 4; 6, 9, 8; Plin. 24, 1, 1, § 4; Sen. Contr. 1, 2 init.

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  • 5 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.
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    pay, recompense, hire, salary, reward; rent, price; bribe

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  • 6 manupretium (manipr-) or manū pretium

        manupretium (manipr-) or manū pretium ī, n    [manus+pretium], a workman's pay, artisan's hire, wages: in auro, praeter manupretium, nihil intertrimenti fit, L.—Fig., pay, reward: perditae civitatis.— Hire, rent: manu preti machina (quantum tulit).

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  • 7 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.

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  • 8 redimo

    rĕd-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, v. a. [emo].
    I.
    To buy back, repurchase (freq. and class.; syn.: recupero, reparo).
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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,
    2.
    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. —
    II.
    To buy up.
    A.
    Lit.
    1.
    In gen. (rare):

    statim redemi fundos omnes, qui patroni mei fuerant,

    Petr. 7:

    essedum sumptuose fabricatum,

    Suet. Claud. 16:

    libros suppressos,

    id. Gram. 8.—
    (β).
    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.,
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    Trop., to buy, purchase.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    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.—
    4.
    Of one's word or promise, to redeem, keep:

    verba sua,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > redimo

  • 9 locō

        locō āvī (locāssint, for locāverint, C.), ātus, āre    [locus], to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange: cohortes in fronte, S.: cadavera in arcā, N.: crates adversas locari iubet, Cs.: cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.: Fundamenta (urbis), V.: litore Moenia, V.: vicos, Ta.: stipendium, S.—Fig., to place, put, set, lay, fix, establish, constitute: inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam: eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.: prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum, consists in.—To place in marriage, give away, give in marriage, marry: filiam suam, T.: nuptum virginem adulescenti, T.— To let, lease, hire, farm out: vectigalia: agrum frumento, L.: fundum: vocem, i. e. rant for pay (on the stage), Iu.: disciplina (histrionis) locabat se non minus HS CCCI[C ][C ][C ], yielded.—To give out on contract, contract for making, have done by contract: statuam faciendam: anseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda): Iunoni templum (sc. exstruendum), L.: secanda marmora, H. — To put out, place profitably: beneficia apud gratos, L.: Bene facta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. C.
    * * *
    I
    for, in the place of, instead of
    II
    locare, additional forms V
    place, put, station; arrange; contract (for); farm out (taxes) on contract
    III
    locare, locavi, locatus V
    place, put, station; arrange; contract (for); farm out (taxes) on contract

    Latin-English dictionary > locō

  • 10 mercēs

        mercēs    plur. of merx.
    * * *
    pay, recompense, hire, salary, reward; rent, price; bribe

    Latin-English dictionary > mercēs

  • 11 redimō

        redimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere    [red-+emo], to buy back, repurchase, redeem: (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet: de fundo redimendo.— To ransom, release, redeem: captum quam queas Minumo, T.: cum legati populi R. redempti sint: e servitute: servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi, ransomed at the public cost, L.— To buy off, set free, release, rescue: pecuniā se a iudicibus palam redemerat: eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte, N.: fratrem Pollux alternā morte redemit, V.: corpus (a morbo), O.: armis civitatem, L.— To buy up, obtain by purchase, take by contract, undertake, hire, farm: belli moram, secure by bribery, S.: vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere, Cs.: picarias de censoribus: litem, undertake.—Fig., to buy, purchase, redeem, secure, gain, acquire, obtain, procure: ut ab eo (praetorc) servorum vita redimeretur: pretio sepeliendi potestatem: ne obsidibus quidem datis, pacem Ariovisti, Cs.: auro ius triste sepulcri, O.: mutuam dissimulationem mali, Ta.: alqd morte, Cu.— To buy off, ward off, obviate, avert: (acerbitatem) a re p. meis incommodis: metum virgarum pretio: Si mea mors redimenda tuā esset, O.— To pay for, make amends for, atone for, compensate for: flagitium aut facinus, S.: sua per nostram periuria poenam, O.
    * * *
    I
    redimere, redemi, redemptus V TRANS
    buy back, recover, replace by purchase; buy up; make good, fulfil (promise); redeem; atone for; ransom; rescue/save; contract for; buy/purchase; buy off
    II
    redimere, redimi, - V TRANS
    buy back, recover, replace by purchase; buy up; make good, fulfil (promise); redeem; atone for; ransom; rescue/save; contract for; buy/purchase; buy off

    Latin-English dictionary > redimō

  • 12 gladiatorium

    glădĭātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [gladiator], of or belonging to gladiators, gladiatorial.
    I.
    Adj.:

    ludus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

    certamen,

    id. de Or. 2, 78, 317: familia, a band or troop of gladiators, id. Sest. 64, 134; Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 4; Sall. C. 30, 7:

    munus,

    Suet. Caes. 10; 39; id. Tib. 7; 37; 40; id. Calig. 18; 26 et saep.:

    consessus,

    spectators assembled at gladiatorial shows, Cic. Sest. 58, 124; cf.

    locus,

    a place for witnessing the same, id. Mur. 35, 73:

    gladiatoria corporis firmitas,

    id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

    animus,

    i. e. desperate, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71:

    ad munus gladiatorium edendum,

    Liv. 28, 21, 1:

    spectaculum,

    id. ib. § 2; Tac. A. 14, 17:

    Venus, i. e. clinopale, concubitus,

    App. M. 2, p. 121.—
    II.
    Subst.: glădĭātōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. praemium, auctoramentum), the hire or pay of gladiators, for which freemen engaged as gladiators in the public games:

    gladiatorio accepto decem talentis,

    Liv. 44, 31 fin.— Adv.: glădĭātōrĭe, in the manner of a gladiator:

    quae gladiatorie, quae lenonice faceret,

    Lampr. Comm. 15, § 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gladiatorium

  • 13 gladiatorius

    glădĭātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [gladiator], of or belonging to gladiators, gladiatorial.
    I.
    Adj.:

    ludus,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 5, 9:

    certamen,

    id. de Or. 2, 78, 317: familia, a band or troop of gladiators, id. Sest. 64, 134; Caes. B. C. 3, 21, 4; Sall. C. 30, 7:

    munus,

    Suet. Caes. 10; 39; id. Tib. 7; 37; 40; id. Calig. 18; 26 et saep.:

    consessus,

    spectators assembled at gladiatorial shows, Cic. Sest. 58, 124; cf.

    locus,

    a place for witnessing the same, id. Mur. 35, 73:

    gladiatoria corporis firmitas,

    id. Phil. 2, 25, 63:

    animus,

    i. e. desperate, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 71:

    ad munus gladiatorium edendum,

    Liv. 28, 21, 1:

    spectaculum,

    id. ib. § 2; Tac. A. 14, 17:

    Venus, i. e. clinopale, concubitus,

    App. M. 2, p. 121.—
    II.
    Subst.: glădĭātōrĭum, ii, n. (sc. praemium, auctoramentum), the hire or pay of gladiators, for which freemen engaged as gladiators in the public games:

    gladiatorio accepto decem talentis,

    Liv. 44, 31 fin.— Adv.: glădĭātōrĭe, in the manner of a gladiator:

    quae gladiatorie, quae lenonice faceret,

    Lampr. Comm. 15, § 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > gladiatorius

  • 14 mercedula

    mercēdŭla, ae, f. dim. [1. merces].
    I.
    Small wages, poor pay (class.):

    infimi homines mercedula adducti,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 198:

    isto modo nec medico quicquam debere te nisi mercedulam dicis nec praeceptori,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 15, 1.—
    II.
    Hire, rent, income:

    constituere mercedulas praediorum,

    Cic. Att. 13, 11, 1.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > mercedula

  • 15 miles

    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.—
    C.
    A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess:

    discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 477.—
    D.
    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.—
    E.
    (Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.:

    bonus Christi,

    Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > miles

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