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emptĭo (emt- ), ōnis, f. id.,
I.a buying, purchase (cf.: sectio, mercatura, etc.).
I. Prop., Varr. R. R. 2, 2, 5; 2, 3, 5; Cic. Caecin. 6, 17; id. Att. 12, 3; Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 43; Tac. H. 3, 34 et saep.; cf.“, on its legal relations,Gai. Inst. 3, 139; “the title: De emptione et venditione,Just. Inst. 3, 23; Dig. 18, 1; and Rein's Privatr. p. 329 sq.: equina, i. e. of horses (with boum and asinorum), Varr. R. R. 2, 7, 6.—
II. Transf.
1. A purchase, i. e. an article purchased: “ex illis emptionibus nullam desidero,Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 2; Plin. Ep. 2, 15, 1.—
2. A purchase-deed, bill of sale, Dig. 32, 1, 102 al.
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