to+purchase

• I do not purchase hope for a price. (I do not buy a pig in a poke.)

, emi, emptum

to buy, purchase.

a buying, a purchase.

(-are) to weigh out / estimate, ponder, consider / pay, purchase

to restore, renew, make good / buy, purchase, obtain in trade

ăb-ĕo, ĭvi or ii, ītum, īre, v. n. (abin= abisne, Plaut. and Ter.; abiit, dissyl., v. Herm. Doctr. Metr. p. 153), to go from a place, to go away, depart.

Lit..

In gen., constr. with ab, ex, the simple abl., the acc. with in, the local adv. hinc, and absol.:

abeo ab illo,

Plaut. Cure. 2, 3, 70:

abi in malam rem maxumam a me,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 72 (v. infra); so id. Bacch. 4, 9, 107:

abin e conspectu meo?

id. Am. 1, 3, 20 (but also abin ab oculis? id. Trin. 4, 2, 140: id. Truc. 2, 5, 24):

ablturos agro Argivos,

id. Am. 1, 1, 53:

abire in aliquas terras,

Cic. Cat. 1, 8, 20:

insanus, qui hinc abiit modo,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 61:

abi prae, jam ego sequar,

go on, I will soon follow, id. Am. 1, 3, 45. —With supine:

abiit exsulatum,

into exile, Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 6; Liv. 2, 15 fin.; cf.:

abi deambulatum,

Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 26. — Absol.:

(Catilina) abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit,

Cic. Cat. 2, 1, 1:

praetor de sellā surrexit atque abiit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 65 fin.:

quae dederat abeuntibus,

Verg. A. 1, 196 al.:

sub jugum abire,

Liv. 3, 2, 8 fin. — With inf.:

abi quaerere,

Plaut. Cist. 2, 1, 26. —Of things:

cornus sub altum pectus abit,

penetrates deeply, Verg. A. 9, 700.

In partic.

To pass away, so that no trace remains; to disappear, vanish, cease.

Of man, to die:

qui nune abierunt hinc in communem locum (i.e. in Orcum),

Plaut. Cas. prol. 19; cf.:

ea mortem obiit, e medio abiit,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 9, 30; so also Cic.: abiit e vitā, Tusc. 1, 30, 74 al. —

Of time, to pass away, elapse:

dum haec abiit hora,

Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 50:

menses,

id. Ad. 4, 5, 57:

annus,

Cic. Sest. 33, 72:

abit dies,

Cat. 61, 195:

tota abit hora,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 14. —

Of other things:

per inane profundum,

Lucr. 1, 1108:

nausea jam plane abiit?

Cic. Att. 14, 10, 2; so id. Fam. 9, 20; Ov. M. 7, 290 al.

To be changed from one's own ways or nature into something else, to be transformed, metamorphosed; always constr. with in (chiefly poet., esp. in Ov. M., as a constant expression for metamorphosis): terra abit in nimbos imbremque, Lucil. ap. Varr. L. L. 5, § 24 Mūll.:

in corpus corpore toto,

to pass with their whole body into another, Lucr. 4, 1111:

aut abit in somnum,

is, as it were, wholly dissolved in sleep, is all sleep, id. 3, 1066: E in V abiit. Varr. L. L. 5, § 91 Mūll.:

in villos abeunt vestes, in crura lacerti,

Ov. M. 1, 236; id. ib. 2, 674:

jam barba comaeque in silvas abeunt,

id. ib. 4, 657; 4, 396; so id. ib. 3, 398; 8,555; 14, 499;

14, 551 al.: in vanum abibunt monentium verba,

will dissolce into nothing, Sen. Ep. 94 med.;

hence, in avi mores regem abiturum,

would adopt the ways of, Liv. 1, 32.

Trop.

In gen., to depart from, to leave off, to turn aside:

ut ab jure non abeat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 44, § 114; so,

ab emptione,

Dig. 2, 14, 7, § 6; 18, 2, 14, § 2 sq.:

a venditione,

ib. 18, 5, 1: sed abeo a sensibus, leave, i. e. speak no more of, Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 9; so often with longe: non longe abieris, you need not go far to seek for examples, id. Fam. 7, 19; cf.:

ne longius abeam,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47; id. Caec. 33, 95 al.:

quid ad istas ineptias abis?

why do you have recourse to —? id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

abit causa in laudes Cn. Pompeii,

Quint. 9, 2, 55:

illuc, unde abii, redeo,

I set out, Hor. S. 1, 1, 108:

pretium retro abiit,

has fallen, Plin. Ep. 3, 19, 7.

In partic.

With abl., to retire from an office or occupation:

abiens magistratu,

Cic. Pis. 3, 6; id. Fam. 5, 2, 7: Liv. 2, 27 fin.; 3, 38 fin. al.; so,

abire consulatu,

Cic. Att. 1, 16, 5; cf.

flaminio,

Liv. 26, 23 fin.:

sacerdotio,

Gell. 6, 7, 4:

honore,

Suet. Aug. 26:

tutelā,

Dig. 26, 4, 3, § 8; cf.:

tutelā vel curā,

ib. 26, 10, 3, § 18 al.

Of the consequence or result of an action, to turn out, end, terminate:

mirabar hoc si sic abiret,

Ter. And. 1, 2, 4: cf.:

non posse ista sic abire,

Cic. Att. 14, 1; so id. Fin. 5, 3, 7; Cat. 14, 16 al.

In auctions, t. t., not to be knocked down to one:

si res abiret ab eo mancipe,

should not fall to him, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54; cf.:

ne res abiret ab eo,

that he may purchase it, id. 2, 3, 64; so Dig. 18, 2, 1; 50, 17, 205.

The imper. abi is often a simple exclamation or address, either with a friendly or reproachful signif.

Abi, Indis me, credo, Begone, you are fooling me! Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 32; so Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 25; cf. Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 205. —

Begone! be off! abi modo, Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 20:

abi, nescis inescare homines,

Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 12;

bence in the malediction, abi in malam rem!

go be hanged! Plaut. Pers. 2, 4, 17:

abin hine in malam crucem?

id. Most. 3, 2, 163 (ef. Cic.: quin tu abis in malam pestem malumque cruciatum? Phil. 13, 21); v. crux and cruciatus.

ăbĭcĭo or abjĭc- (in the best MSS. abicio; cf.

ăbĭci,

Ov. P. 2, 3, 37;

ăbĭcit,

Juv. 15, 17), ĕre, jēci, jectum, 3, v. a. [ab-jacio], to cast away, to throw away, throw down.

Lit.:

in sepulcrum ejus abjecta gleba non est,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 23 Müll.:

scutum,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23:

insigne regium de capite,

id. Sest. 27:

socer ad pedes abjectus,

id. ib. 34; so,

se ad pedes,

id. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

se e muro in mare,

id. Tusc. 1, 34; so,

corpus in mare,

id. Phil. 11, 2, 5:

impelluntur, feriuntur, abiciuntur, cadunt,

id. Tusc. 2, 15, 36:

se abjecit exanimatus,

he threw himself down as if lifeless, id. Sest. 37.— Absol.:

si te uret sarcina, abicito,

throw it down, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 7.—Also with in and abl., when the place from which a thing is thrown is designated:

anulum in mari,

Cic. Fin. 5, 30, 92 Madv. N. cr.; so, ut se abiceret in herba, id. de Or. 1, 7, 28:

statuas in propatulo domi,

Nep. Hann. 9, 3:

cadaver in viā,

Suet. Ner. 48; cf.:

ubi cadaver abjeceris,

Tac. A. 1, 22.

Fig.

In gen., to cast off, throw away, give up, etc.:

ut primum tenebris abjectis inalbabat,

as soon as the day, having dispelled the darkness, was beginning to brighten, Enn. Ann. v. 219 Vahl.: nusquam ego vidi abjectas aedīs, nisi modo hasce, thrown away, i.e. sold too low, Plaut. Most. 3, 3, 3: psaltria aliquo abiciendast, must be got rid off ( il faut se defaire d'elle, Dacier), Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 26:

vitam,

Cic. Att. 3, 19:

salutem pro aliquo,

id. Planc. 33:

memoriam beneficiorum,

id. Phil. 8, 11:

versum,

to declaim it carelessly, id. de Or. 3, 26 (cf. with id. ib. 3, 59: ponendus est ille ambitus, non abiciendus, the period must be brought gradually to a close, not broken off abruptly).

In partic.

To throw off, cast aside care for, remembrance of, etc., to give up, abandon:

abicimus ista,

we let that go, Cic. Att. 13, 3:

fama ingenii mihi est abicienda,

I must renounce, id. ib. 9, 16: domum Sullanam desperabam jam... sed tamen non abjeci, but yet I have not abandoned it, i. e. its purchase, id. Fam. 9, 15:

abjectis nugis,

nonsense apart, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 141 (cf. amoto ludo, id. S. 1, 1, 27).

To cast down to a lower grade, to degrade, humble, Cic. Leg. 1, 9: hic annus senatus auctoritatem abjecit, degraded or lowered the authority of the Senate, id. Att. 1, 18; so also id. Tusc. 5, 18; id. de Or. 3, 26, 104.—Hence, abjectae res, reduced circumstances (opp. florentes), Nep. Att. 8; Cic. Quint. 30; Tac. A. 4, 68.

Abicere se, to throw one's self away, degrade one's self, v. Cic. Tusc. 2, 23: ut enim fit, etc.—Hence, abjectus, a, um, P. a., downcast, disheartened, désponding; low, mean, abject, worthless, unprincipled.

Quo me miser conferam? An domum? matremne ut miseram lamentantem videam et abjectam? Gracch. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 56, 214:

plura scribere non possum, ita sum animo perculso et abjecto,

Cic. Att. 3, 2.—

Nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitare, Cic. Fin. 5, 20:

contemptum atque abjectum,

id. Agr. 2, 34:

verbis nec inops nec abjectus,

id. Brut. 62, 222 al. — Comp.:

animus abjectior,

Cic. Lael. 16; Liv. 9, 6.— Sup.:

animus abjectissimus,

Quint. 11, 1, 13 al. — Adv.: abjectē.

Dispiritedly, despondingly:

in dolore est providendum, ne quid abjecte, ne quid timide, ne quid ignave faciamus,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 55; id. Phil. 3, 11, 28.—

Low, meanly:

quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

Tac. Or. 8:

incuriose et abjecte verbum positum,

improperly, Gell. 2, 6, 1.

actĭo, ōnis, f. [ago], a doing, performing, acting, action, act.

In gen.:

non modo deos spoliat motu et actione divina, sed etiam homines inertes efficit,

Cic. N. D. 1, 37; 2, 16;

virtutis laus omnis in actione consistit,

id. Off. 1, 6; id. Fin. 5, 19, 54.—With subject. gen.:

ad eas res parandas, quibus actio vitae continetur,

active, practical life, id. Off. 1, 5:

corporis,

id. Div. 1, 32:

mentis,

id. N. D. 1, 17; and with object. gen.: itaque nec actio rerum illarum ( the public performance of those things) apertā petulantiā vacat, id. ib. 1, 35, 127; ib. 1, 43:

actio ullius rei,

id. Ac. 2, 33, 108; and so plur.: periculosae rerum actiones sunt, Off. 1, 2, 4;

hence: actio gratiarum,

the giving of thanks, id. Fam. 10, 19 (cf.: gratias agere).—

Esp.

Public functions, civil acts, proceedings, or duties.

In gen., Cic. Fam. 9, 8:

tribunorum,

their official duties, Liv. 5, 11; so,

consularis,

id. 4, 55 al.:

actiones nostras scriptis mandamus,

Cic. Off. 2, 1; Caes. B. C. 1, 5.—Hence negotiation, deliberation:

discessu consulum actio de pace sublata est,

Cic. Att. 9. 9.—Esp.

Of judicial proceedings.

An action, suit, process ( in abstr.), with a gen. more precisely defining it, e. g. actio furti, injuriarum; also with de:

actio de repetundis, de arboribus succisis, etc.: actionem alicui intendere,

Cic. Mil. 14:

instituere,

to bring an action against one, id. Mur. 9: multis actiones ( processes, suits) et res ( the property in suit) peribant, Liv. 39, 18 al.—

The accusation ( in concr.), the statement of the crime, the indictment, charge, accusation:

Inde illa actio, OPE CONSILIOQVE TVO FVRTVM AIO FACTVM ESSE,

Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74; cf. id. Caecin. 3; id. de Or. 1, 36, 167.—Hence, in gen., judicial forms (the omission of which rendered a suit null and void): actiones Manilianae, forms relative to purchase and sale; cf. Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 246:

Hostilianae,

ib. 1, 57, 245.—Hence,

A pleading of a case (spoken or written); so Cic. calls his Orats. against Verres, actiones, pleas, simply dividing them into actio prima and actio secunda:

actio causae,

Cic. Caecin. 2, 4;

actiones litium,

id. Phil. 9, 5, 11; so,

Suet. continuae actiones, Ner. 15: in prima parte actionis,

Quint. 10, 1, 20 al. —

Permission for a suit:

dare alicui actionem (which was the right or duty of the praetor or judge),

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27.—

The judicial management of a suit, the trial, the day of trial:

prima, altera, tertia,

Cic. Verr. 1, 30; 2, 2, 6.—

Of an orator; the exterior air or bearing, the action, delivery: Demosthenem ferunt ei qui quaesivisset quid primum esset in dicendo, actionem;

quid secundum, idem et idem tertium respondisse,

Cic. Brut. 38; cf. id. de Or. 1, 18;

so that it often includes even the voice: actio ejus (Pompeii) habebat et in voce magnum splendorem et in motu summam dignitatem,

id. Brut. 68; cf. id. Or. 17:

est actio quasi sermo corporis,

id. de Or. 3, 59; cf. ib. 2, 17 al.—Hence, also —

Of an actor, action:

in quo tanta commoveri actio non posset,

id. de Or. 3, 26.—

In dramatic lang., the action, the connection or series of events, the plot, in a play:

habet enim (fabula) varios actus multasque actiones et consiliorum et temporum,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 6.

ap-prĕtĭo ( adp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [pretium] (only in eccl. Lat.).

To value or estimate at a price, to appraise, rate, Tert. Res Carn. 20 med. al.—

To purchase: [p. 144] pretium adpretiati, of him on whom a price was set, who was bought, Vulg. Matt. 27, 9;

in gen.,

to appropriate to one's self, Tert. Res. Carn. 9.