(adj.Adj.) : mercēnārĭus (in old MSS. written mercennarius), a, um, adj. id.
* That does any thing for reward or pay; hired for money, wages, or pay; paid, hired, mercenary (opp. to gratuitus, without pay, gratuitous).
* Adj.
* Of persons: comes,Cic. Pis. 21, 49: miles,Liv. 24, 49: testes,hired, bribed,Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3: praetor,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 54.
* Subst.: mercēnārĭus, ii, m., a hireling, hired servant: tuus mercenarius,Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 55: non male praecipiunt, qui ita jubent uti servis, ut mercenariis,Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41: illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum,id. ib. 1, 42, 150: Oppionici,id. Clu. 59, 163: servus perpetuus mercenarius est,i. e. eye-server,Sen. Ben. 3, 22, 1.

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