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(verb) : ĕmo, ēmi, emptum, 3 (
* Perf. subj. emissim, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 39), the same word with EMERE=accipere, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 4, 18, and 76, 1 Müll.; cf. adimo and demo; prop., to take; root yam; Sanscr. yamati, hold fast, Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 158 sq.; cf. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 598 note, to buy, purchase (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).
* Lit.: is postquam hunc emit, dedit eum, etc.,Plaut. Capt. prol. 19: qui puellam ab eo emerat,id. Rud. prol. 59: emit hosce de praeda,id. Capt. prol. 34; 1, 2, 2; id. Epid. 1, 1, 62: aliquid de aliquo,id. Curc. 2, 3, 64; Cic. Att. 10, 5, 3; 13, 31, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6.—With gen. or abl. pretii (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 444): Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili. Ep. Quot minis? Th. Quadraginta minis, Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 49 sq.; so, quanti,Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41: tanti, quanti, etc.,Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59: minoris aut pluris,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7; id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Att. 10, 5, 3 al.: duodeviginti minis,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 74: duobus milibus nummum,Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: magno, parvo,id. Att. 13, 29 fin.: immenso quaedam,Suet. Calig. 39 al.: bene,i. e. cheap,Cic. Att. 1, 13 fin.; 12, 23, 3: male,i. e. dear,id. ib. 2, 4, 1; cf. care,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238: quatuor tabernas in publicum,for the public,Liv. 39, 44; 44, 16 fin.: piper in libras,by the pound,Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 28: fundum in diem,on time, on credit,Nep. Att. 9, 5: per assem et libram,i. e. to adopt,Suet. Aug. 64 al.—Perf. part. pass. as subst.
* Empta, ae, f., she who is bought, the slave, Prop. 1, 9, 4.
* Trop., to buy, buy up, to purchase, gain, acquire, procure, obtain: aliquando desinat ea se putare posse emere, quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jusjurandum, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62; cf.: sententias (judicum),id. Clu. 36 fin.; and: animos centurionum,Tac. H. 4, 57: ex his (tribunis plebis) emitur ab inimicis meis is, quem, etc.,Cic. Sest. 33, 72: militem,Tac. H. 1, 5 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15: exercitum,Flor. 3, 1, 9: percussorem in aliquem,Curt. 4, 1 et saep.: aliquem beneficiis,to gain over,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 57; cf. Verg. G. 1, 31: aliquem dote,Ov. M. 8, 54: spem pretio,Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 11: immortalitatem morte,Quint. 9, 3, 71; cf.: aeternum nomen sanguine,Ov. Am. 2, 10, 32: pulmenta laboribus,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 48: voluptatem dolore,id. ib. 1, 2, 55 et saep.—With a clause as object, Sil. 7, 620: furtis in manibus emptum est Oedipodae sedisse loco,Stat. Th. 1, 163: quantine emptum velit Hannibal, ut nos Vertentes terga aspiciat?Sil. 10, 287; Just. 23, 2, 8.
* Perf. subj. emissim, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 39), the same word with EMERE=accipere, Paul. ex Fest. pp. 4, 18, and 76, 1 Müll.; cf. adimo and demo; prop., to take; root yam; Sanscr. yamati, hold fast, Fick, Vergl. Wört. p. 158 sq.; cf. Georg Curtius Gr. Etym. p. 598 note, to buy, purchase (very freq. in all periods and kinds of composition).
* Lit.: is postquam hunc emit, dedit eum, etc.,Plaut. Capt. prol. 19: qui puellam ab eo emerat,id. Rud. prol. 59: emit hosce de praeda,id. Capt. prol. 34; 1, 2, 2; id. Epid. 1, 1, 62: aliquid de aliquo,id. Curc. 2, 3, 64; Cic. Att. 10, 5, 3; 13, 31, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 2, 6.—With gen. or abl. pretii (cf. Zumpt, Gram. § 444): Ep. Quanti eam emit? Th. Vili. Ep. Quot minis? Th. Quadraginta minis, Plaut. Epid. 1, 1, 49 sq.; so, quanti,Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41: tanti, quanti, etc.,Cic. Off. 3, 14, 59: minoris aut pluris,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 7; id. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Att. 10, 5, 3 al.: duodeviginti minis,Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 74: duobus milibus nummum,Cic. Rosc. Am. 2, 6: magno, parvo,id. Att. 13, 29 fin.: immenso quaedam,Suet. Calig. 39 al.: bene,i. e. cheap,Cic. Att. 1, 13 fin.; 12, 23, 3: male,i. e. dear,id. ib. 2, 4, 1; cf. care,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 238: quatuor tabernas in publicum,for the public,Liv. 39, 44; 44, 16 fin.: piper in libras,by the pound,Plin. 12, 7, 14, § 28: fundum in diem,on time, on credit,Nep. Att. 9, 5: per assem et libram,i. e. to adopt,Suet. Aug. 64 al.—Perf. part. pass. as subst.
* Empta, ae, f., she who is bought, the slave, Prop. 1, 9, 4.
* Trop., to buy, buy up, to purchase, gain, acquire, procure, obtain: aliquando desinat ea se putare posse emere, quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jusjurandum, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62; cf.: sententias (judicum),id. Clu. 36 fin.; and: animos centurionum,Tac. H. 4, 57: ex his (tribunis plebis) emitur ab inimicis meis is, quem, etc.,Cic. Sest. 33, 72: militem,Tac. H. 1, 5 fin.; Suet. Galb. 15: exercitum,Flor. 3, 1, 9: percussorem in aliquem,Curt. 4, 1 et saep.: aliquem beneficiis,to gain over,Plaut. As. 1, 1, 57; cf. Verg. G. 1, 31: aliquem dote,Ov. M. 8, 54: spem pretio,Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 11: immortalitatem morte,Quint. 9, 3, 71; cf.: aeternum nomen sanguine,Ov. Am. 2, 10, 32: pulmenta laboribus,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 48: voluptatem dolore,id. ib. 1, 2, 55 et saep.—With a clause as object, Sil. 7, 620: furtis in manibus emptum est Oedipodae sedisse loco,Stat. Th. 1, 163: quantine emptum velit Hannibal, ut nos Vertentes terga aspiciat?Sil. 10, 287; Just. 23, 2, 8.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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