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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.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.23.2
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 12.3
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 6.17
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.34
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 33.43
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 2.15.1
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