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auctĭōnor , ātus, 1, v. dep. id..
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • Cicero, On the Agrarian Law, 1.3
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