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|lshtext=<b>mancĭpo</b>: (mancŭpo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[manceps]].<br /><b>I</b> To [[make]] [[over]] or [[deliver]] up as [[property]] by [[means]] of the [[formal]] [[act]] of [[purchase]] ([[mancipium]]; v. [[mancipium]] init.), to [[dispose]] of, [[transfer]], [[alienate]], [[sell]] (not in Cic.; for the true [[reading]] ap. Cic. Fin. 1, 7, 24, is emancipaverat; id. Sen. 11, 38, emancipatus; and id. Phil. 2, 21, 51, emancipatum).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: alienos mancupatis, Alienos manumittitis, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 10: servos singulos actori [[publico]], Tac. A. 2, 30; Gai. Inst. 2, 33: [[defundo]] mancipando, id. ib. 4, 131: quaedam, si credis consultis, mancipat [[usus]], gives one a [[title]] to, makes one's [[property]], Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 159. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., to [[give]] up to, [[deliver]] up, [[subject]]: luxu et saginae [[mancipatus]] emptusque, Tac. H. 2, 71: [[corpus]] mero et [[stupro]], App. M. 9, p. 223, 29: de ignaviae latebris [[retractus]] curiarum functionibus mancipetur, Cod. Th. 12, 1, 83.—*<br /><b>II</b> I. q. manu capere, to [[seize]], [[catch]]: ita capitur ([[alces]]): [[alioqui]] [[difficile]] est eam mancipari, Sol. 20.
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|gf=<b>mancĭpō</b>¹³ <b>(-cŭpō)</b>, āvī, ātum, āre ([[manus]], [[capio]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> céder en toute propriété, aliéner, vendre : Pl. Curc. 496 ; Tac. Ann. 2, 30 ; Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 159<br /><b>2</b> [fig.] abandonner, céder : saginæ [[mancipatus]] Tac. H. 2, 71, vendu à la graisse = esclave de son ventre, cf. Cod. Th. 12, 1, 83<br /><b>3</b> saisir avec la main, attraper : [[Sol]]. 20, 7.
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