I. Neutr., to hold an auction or public sale, make a sale by auction: “ut in atriis auctionariis potius quam in triviis aut in compitis auctionentur,” Cic. Agr. 1, 3: “ait se auctionatum esse in Galliā,” id. Quinct. 6, 23: “Rullum hastā positā cum suis formosis finitoribus auctionantem,” id. Agr. 2, 20: “difficultates auctionandi proponere,” Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3.—*
II. As v. a., to buy at auction: “bona condemnatorum,” Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23.