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|lnetxt=auctio auctionis N F :: auction; public sale; property put up for sale at auction/the catalog/proceeds
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>auctĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[augeo]].<br /><b>I</b> An increasing, [[increase]], αὐξησις: [[auctio]] frumenti et tributorum, Tac. Agr. 19: dierum, Macr. S. 1, 14: rerum crescentium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.—<br /><b>II</b> A [[sale]] by [[increase]] of bids, a [[public]] [[sale]], [[auction]]. Auctions were held [[either]] in an [[open]] [[place]], or in [[particular]] rooms or halls, called atria auctionaria (v. [[auctionarius]]), or [[simply]] atria (Juv. 7, 7). There [[was]] a [[spear]] ([[hasta]]) [[set]] up [[therein]], as the [[legal]] [[sign]] of the [[sale]], [[like]] [[our]] [[red]] [[flag]]; the [[price]] [[was]] called [[out]] by a [[crier]] ([[praeco]]), and the [[article]] sold [[was]] adjudged to the [[highest]] bidder by the [[magistrate]] [[who]] [[was]] [[present]]. A [[money]]-broker ([[argentarius]]) [[was]] also [[present]] to [[note]] [[down]] the [[price]] and [[receive]] the [[money]] or [[security]] for it; v. Smith, Dict. Antiq. (this is the [[class]]. signif. of the [[word]]): auctionem facere, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 91-94; so id. Poen. 1, 3, 2; 5, 6, 27; id. Stich. 2, 2, 60; Cic. Quinct. 4; id. Att. 12, 3 al.: Dicam auctionis causam, ut [[animo]] gaudeant, Ipse [[egomet]] [[quam]] ob rem auctionem praedicem, [[announce]], Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 55; so, auctionis diem obire, Cic. Att. 13, 14: proscribere, id. ib. 13, 37; and proponere, Quint. 6, 3, 99: proferre, to [[defer]], [[adjourn]], Cic. Att. 13, 13: amplissima praedia ex auctionibus hastae minimo addixit, by the sales of the [[spear]], i. e. by auctions (v. [[supra]]), Suet. Caes. 50 (cf.: praebere [[caput]] dominā venale sub hastā, Juv. 3, 33): [[auctio]] hereditaria constituta, Cic. Caecin. 5: auctionis [[tabula]], id. Agr. 2, 25 (v. [[auctionalis]]): [[auctio]] fortunae regiae, Liv. 2, 14: vendere aliquid in auctione, by [[auction]], Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96: res in auctione venit, Gai. 4, 126: ex auctione rem [[emere]], Dig. 31, 4, 2, § 8: auctionem dimittere, Quint. 11, 2, 24. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), [[goods]] to be sold by [[auction]]: cum auctionem venderet, Cic. Quinct. 5, 19 (B. and K.; others, auctione).
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>auctĭō</b>,¹⁰ ōnis, f. ([[augeo]]),<br /><b>1</b> enchère, vente publique, encan : auctionem facere Cic. Phil. 5, 11, etc.; instituere Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9 ; constituere Cic. Amer. 23, etc., faire une vente aux enchères ; proferre Cic. Att. 13, 12, 4, la différer ; proscribere Cic. Agr. 1, 4, l’afficher ; [[auctio]] hereditaria Cic. Cæc. 13, vente des biens d’une succession &#124;&#124; auctionem vendere Cic. Quinct. 19, procéder à une vente [en tant que crieur public]<br /><b>2</b> [[rare]] augmentation, accroissement : P. Fest. 17 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 14, 1.||auctionem vendere Cic. Quinct. 19, procéder à une vente [en tant que crieur public]<br /><b>2</b> [[rare]] augmentation, accroissement : P. Fest. 17 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 14, 1.
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{{Georges
|georg=auctio, ōnis, f. ([[augeo]]), I) = [[αὔξησις]], die [[Vermehrung]], [[auctio]] dierum (Ggstz. [[retractio]]), Macr. [[sat]]. 1, 15. § 1: rerum crescentium, Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 17, 17. – II) insbes., die [[Versteigerung]], [[Auktion]], 1) eig.: [[anulus]] in auctione [[venalis]], Plin.: rationes auctionis et [[partitio]], Cic.: [[tabula]] Neratianae auctionis, Cic.: funesta [[illa]] [[auctio]], Cic.: [[auctio]] hereditaria, Cic. u. Apul.: [[auctio]] fortunae regiae, Liv.: auctionem facere, Plaut., Cic. u.a. (vgl. [[auctio]] fiet [[Menaechmi]] [[mane]] [[sane]] septimi, Plaut.): auctionem ornamentorum imperialium facere, Capit.: auctionem rerum hereditariarum facere, ICt.: auctionem constituere, Cic., instituere, [[spät]]. ICt.: auctionem praedicare, Plaut.: auctionem proscribere, Cic.: auctionem proponere, Quint. u. Suet.: auctionem proferre, Cic.: auctionem prohibere, Cic.: auctionem dimittere, Quint.: auctionis diem obire, Cic.: auctioni Sexti operam dare ([[anstellen]]), Cic.: sedere in auctione, Suet.: in auctione persedere diem totum, Sen. rhet.: in auctione liceri, Sen. rhet.: alqd [[sub]] auctione licitari, ICt.: familiam supellectilemque et [[omnia]] iumenta ad hereditariam deducere auctionem, Apul.: vendere alqd in auctione, Plin.: constitutā auctione vendere alqd, Cic.: in auctione venire (verkauft [[werden]], [[weggehen]]), ICt.: [[vix]] [[credo]] auctione totā capiet (wird [[lösen]]) quinquagesiens, Plaut.: si in auctione [[praedictum]] est, ne etc., ICt. – Plur., perquisitores auctionum, Plaut. [[Stich]]. 385: [[circulator]] [[quidam]] auctionum notissimus, Asin. [[Pollio]] in Cic. ep. 10, 32, 3: [[ducentesima]] auctionum, [[ein]] [[halb]] [[Prozent]] vom [[Erlös]] aus den Aukt., Suet. Cal. 16: addicta avorum [[praedia]] foedis [[sub]] auctionibus, Prud. perist. 2, 77: auctiones facere, Plaut. Epid. 235; [[Stich]]. 384. – 2) meton., das Auktionsgut, auctionem vendere, Cic. Quinct. 19.
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{{LaZh
|lnztxt=auctio, onis. f. v. [[auctionor]]. :: Auctionem facere 奉官賣。
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