mercēs ēdis, f
2 SMAR-,
price, hire, pay wages, salary, fee, reward
: mercedem Coëgi, T. manuum
mercede inopiam tolerare,
of manual labor
, S.: operae: Apollonius cum mercede doceret:
mercede diurnā Conductus, H.: poscere mercedes,
work for hire
, Iu.: pro quā mercede
pavere, etc., V.—
An unrighteous reward, bribe
: Baebium magnā mercede parat,
S.: paciscitur magnā mercede cum
principibus, ut, etc., L.: a quibus
mercedem accepisti: lingua adstricta mercede,
tied with a bribe.—A price, reward, wages, recompense, punishment,
cost, injury, detriment, stipulation, condition
: mercedem lacrimarum constituere: mercedem imponere
linguae,
set a price on
, Iu.: mercedem solvere,
make payment
, Iu.: non aliā bibam
Mercede,
condition
, H.: temeritatis,
punishment
, L.: non sine magnā
mercede,
only at great cost
: Hac coëant mercede suorum, i. e.
at this sacrifice of their people
, V.—Prov.: unā mercede duas res adsequi,
kill two birds with one stone.— Rent, revenue, income,
interest
: praediorum: ex fundo: mercedes habitationum
annuae,
house-rents
, Cs.: Quinas hic capiti mercedes
exsecat,
takes out as discount
, H.
