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con-dīco , xi, ctum, 3, v. a.
I. To talk a thing over together, to agree upon, to concert, to promise (most freq. as publicists' t. t.): condixit pater patratus populi Romani Quiritium patri patrato priscorum Latinorum, etc., old form ap. Liv. 1, 32, 11: status condictusve dies cum hoste, Cincius ap. Gell. 16, 4, 4; Plaut. Curc. 1, 1, 5; cf.: “quoniam pactum atque condictum cum rege populi Romani perfide ruperat,Gell. 20, 1, 54: “sic constituunt, sic condicunt,Tac. G. 11: “inducias,Just. 3, 7, 14: “tempus et locum coëundi,id. 15, 2, 16: “ruptā quiete condictā,the truce, Amm. 20, 1, 1: “in diem tertium,Gell. 10, 24, 9: “in vendendo fundo quaedam etiam si non condicantur praestanda sunt,Dig. 18, 1, 66.—*
2. Trop.: cum hanc operam (scribendi) condicerem, obligated myself to it, i. e. undertook it, Plin. praef. § 6 Jan.—Hence,
B. Esp.
1. To proclaim, announce, publish: condicere est dicendo denuntiare, Paul. ex Fest. p. 64, 16 Müll.; cf.: “sacerdotes populi Romani cum condicunt in diem tertium, diem perendini dicunt,Gell. 10, 24, 9.—
2. Condicere alicui ad cenam or cenam, to engage one's self as guest at an entertainment: “ad cenam aliquo condicam foras,Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 16; id. Stich. 3, 1, 38: “seni cenam lege condixit,Suet. Tib. 42; cf.: “velut ad subitam condictamque cenulam invitare,” i. e. without previous preparation, id. Claud. 21.—Absol.: “nam cum mihi condixisset, cenavit apud me in mei generi hortis,Cic. Fam. 1, 9, 20: “ad balneas,Tert. adv. Uxor. 2, 4.—
3. In the jurists: condicere aliquid alicui, lit., to give notice that something should be returned; hence, to demand back, make a formal claim of restitution (from any one): “rem,Dig. 39, 6, 13: “pecuniam alicui,ib. 12, 1, 11; or for satisfaction: quia extinctae res, licet vindicari non possunt, condici tamen furibus et quibusdam aliis possessoribus possunt, Gai Inst. 2, 79; cf. id. 4, 5, and v. condictio and condicticius.—
II. In late Lat., to assent or agree unanimously, = consentire, Tert. Anim. 8; id. adv. Marc. 2, 2; id. Coron. 11.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 1.9.20
    • Plautus, Curculio, 1.1
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 1.2
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 21
    • Suetonius, Tiberius, 42
    • Plautus, Stichus, 3.1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 32.11
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.24.9
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 16.4.4
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 20.1.54
    • Tacitus, Germania, 11
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