mănŭprĕtĭum | mănĭpr- | mănŭs prĕtĭum | mă-nŭi prĕtĭum (noun N) : (; and as two words, and ; v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 34, 7, 4), , 1. manus-pretium
* A workman's or artist's pay, wages.
* Lit.: manupretium dabo,Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 17: in auro, praeter manus pretium, nihil intertrimenti fit,Liv. 34, 7: ex manipretio cujusque signi denarios deponere aureos singulos,Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37.
* Trop., pay, reward: manupretium perditae civitatis,Cic. Pis. 24, 57: castrensium laborum tarda manupretia,Sen. Ep. 101, 6.
* Transf., the value of the work in a thing made by art, the workmanship (opp. to the material; postclass.): manupretium dicitur, ubi non tam materiae ratio, quam manus atque artis ducitur, Ps. - Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147: plerumque plus est in manus pretio, quam in re,Dig. 50, 16, 13.

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