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vendĭbĭlis , e, adj. id.,
I.that may be sold, salable, vendible.
I. Lit.: “via vendibilis Herculanea multarum deliciarum et magnae pecuniae,” Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36; so, “fundus,” Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 47: “merx,” Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 23: “proles,” Col. 7, 6 fin.—Comp.: “ager,” Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2; App. M. 8, p. 212, 5.—
II. Trop., acceptable, agreeable, popular: “nam ut sint illa vendibiliora, haec uberiora certe sunt,” Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 12: “vendibilis orator,” id. Brut. 47, 174: “(C. Visellius Varro) populo non erat satis vendibilis,” id. ib. 76, 264: “oratio,” id. Lael. 25, 96: “puella,” Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10. —* Adv.: vendĭbĭlĭter , salably; pleasantly, Hier. Ep. 130, 18.
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, On the Agrarian Law, 2.14.36
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 32.23
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 1.4
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 25
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.6
    • Cicero, Brutus, 47.174
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