(adjective) : vēnālis, e, 2. venus
* Of or belonging to selling, to be sold, for sale, purchasable.
* Lit.
* In gen.: aedes,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 67: aedis venalis hasce inscribit litteris,id. Trin. 1, 2, 131: horti,Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: venales ac proscriptae possessiones,id. Agr. 3, 4, 15: cibus uno asse,Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 54: ut ne opera quidem pistoria proponi venalia sinerent,Suet. Tib. 34: essedum,id. Claud. 16: cibumque coctum venalem proponi vetuit,Val. Max. 2, 7, 2: vox,i. e. of a public crier,Cic. Quint. 3, 13: otium non gemmis venale,Hor. C. 2, 16, 7: postremo dixisse (Jugurtham), Urbem venalem et mature perituram, si emptorem invenerit,Sall. J. 35, 10: ubi non sit, quo deferri possit venale, non expediat colere (hortos),Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 3: familia,i. e. a gang of slaves for sale,Quint. 7, 2, 26.
* Transf., that can be bought by bribes or presents, venal: quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jus jurandum, veritatem, officium, religionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144: fidem cum proposuisses venalem in provinciā,id. ib. 2, 2, 32, § 78: juris dictio,id. ib. 2, 2, 48, § 119: multitudo pretio,Liv. 35, 50, 4: amicae ad munus,Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 21: cena,Mart. 3, 60, 1: animae,Sil. 15, 500: amici,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.