redimō ēmī, ēmptus, ere
red-+emo,
to buy back, repurchase, redeem
: (domum) non minoris, quam emit Antonius, redimet: de fundo
redimendo.—
To ransom, release, redeem
: captum quam queas Minumo, T.: cum legati populi
R. redempti sint: e servitute: servi in publicum redempti ac manumissi,
ransomed at the public cost
, L.—
To buy off, set free, release, rescue
: pecuniā se a iudicibus palam redemerat: eum suo
sanguine ab Acheronte, N.: fratrem Pollux
alternā morte redemit, V.: corpus
(a morbo), O.: armis civitatem,
L.—
To buy up, obtain by purchase, take by contract, undertake, hire, farm
: belli moram,
secure by bribery
, S.: vectigalia parvo pretio redempta
habere, Cs.: picarias de censoribus:
litem,
undertake
.—Fig.,
to buy, purchase, redeem, secure, gain, acquire, obtain, procure
: ut ab eo (praetorc) servorum vita redimeretur: pretio
sepeliendi potestatem: ne obsidibus quidem datis, pacem Ariovisti,
Cs.: auro ius triste sepulcri,
O.: mutuam dissimulationem mali, Ta.:
alqd morte, Cu.—
To buy off, ward off, obviate, avert
: (acerbitatem) a re p. meis incommodis: metum virgarum
pretio: Si mea mors redimenda tuā esset, O.—
To pay for, make amends for, atone for, compensate for
: flagitium aut facinus, S.: sua per nostram periuria poenam, O.
