I.to give as a pledge, to pledge, pawn, mortgage.
I. Lit.: “unionem,” Suet. Vit. 7: bona tantum, quae publicari poterant, pigneranda poenae praebebant, furnished as security for the penalty, i. e. left to be confiscated, Liv. 29, 36: “cujus et alveolos et laenam pignerat Atreus,” which the poet Rubrenus, while he was writing the Atreus, was compelled by necessity to pawn, Juv. 7, 73: “ancilla pignerata,” Dig. 40, 5, 46: “vestimenta pignorata,” Vulg. Amos, 2, 8.—
II. Trop.
A. To pledge one's life, etc.: “velut obsidibus datis pigneratos habere animos,” Liv. 24, 1.—
