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(verb) : rĕd-ĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3, emo.
* To buy back, repurchase (freq. and class.; syn.: recupero, reparo).
* 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.
* To buy up.
* 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.
* Lit.
* In gen. (rare): statim redemi fundos omnes, qui patroni mei fuerant,Petr. 7: essedum sumptuose fabricatum,Suet. Claud. 16: libros suppressos,id. Gram. 8.
* Trop., to buy, purchase.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* 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, Cic. 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.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* 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.
* Of one's word or promise, to redeem, keep: verba sua,Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 1.
* To buy back, repurchase (freq. and class.; syn.: recupero, reparo).
* 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.
* To buy up.
* 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.
* Lit.
* In gen. (rare): statim redemi fundos omnes, qui patroni mei fuerant,Petr. 7: essedum sumptuose fabricatum,Suet. Claud. 16: libros suppressos,id. Gram. 8.
* Trop., to buy, purchase.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* 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, Cic. 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.
* 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,Cic. 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.
* 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.
* Of one's word or promise, to redeem, keep: verba sua,Sen. Ben. 4, 36, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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