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|lshtext=<b>prĕtĭum</b>: ii, n. Sanscr. [[root]] [[par]]-, pana (for parna), [[wager]], [[loan]]; Gr. πι-πράσκω, to [[sell]]; [[πρίαμαι]], to [[buy]]; cf. [[πόρνος]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] for or by [[which]] [[any]] [[thing]] is bought or sold ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit., [[money]] spent for [[any]] [[thing]]: nil [[pretio]] parsit, filio dum parceret, Plaut. Capt. prol. 32: [[femina]] ... urbem Exiguam [[pretio]] posuit, for [[money]] has founded a [[small]] [[city]], Verg. A. 4, 211: vectigalia parvo [[pretio]] redempta habere, for [[little]] [[money]], [[cheaply]], Caes. B. G. 1, 18: [[pretio]] mercari ordinem senatorium, to [[purchase]], to [[gain]] [[with]] [[money]], Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122: permutare [[pretio]] noluit, aliāve merce, Plin. 9, 55, 81, § 171.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In gen., [[money]], [[wealth]], etc. ([[poet]].), Ov. P. 2, 8, 6: in [[pretio]] [[pretium]] [[nunc]] est, id. F. 1, 217: [[converso]] in [[pretium]] deo, i. e. [[into]] a [[shower]] of [[gold]], Hor. C. 3, 16, 8.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[worth]], [[value]], [[price]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: nec mi [[aurum]] [[posco]] nec mi [[pretium]] dederitis, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 12, 38 (Ann. v. 200 Vahl.): [[pretium]] statuere merci, to [[set]], [[fix]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 133: [[pretium]] certum constituere, Cic. Att. 12, 33, 1: enumerare, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 133: pacisci pro re aliquā, to [[agree]] [[upon]], [[settle]], id. Off. 3, 29, 107: exsolvere, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 26: quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt? at [[what]] prices are [[they]] sold here? id. ib. 2, 2, 15: vendere aliquid [[pretio]] suo, id. Pers. 4, 4, 30; id. Ps. 1, 2, 36: parare sibi [[pretio]] aliquid, id. Merc. 2, 3, 7: multi extulerunt eorum pretia, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 6: jacent pretia praediorum, are [[low]], [[down]], [[fallen]], Cic. Rosc. Com. 12, 33.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In phrases: magni, parvi pretii esse, to be [[high]] or [[low]] in [[price]], of [[much]] or [[little]] [[worth]], of [[great]] or of [[small]] [[value]]: [[nullus]] est tam parvi pretii, [[quin]], Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 60: ne tu habes servum graphicum, et quantivis pretii! id. Ep. 3, 3, 29: agrum majoris pretii [[nemo]] habet, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 12: noli spectare, quanti [[homo]] [[sit]]: parvi [[enim]] pretii est, qui jam [[nihil]] est, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 2, 4: de illis potissimum jactura [[fit]], [[quia]] pretii minimi sunt, Sall. Or. ad Caes. 2, 9: [[pretium]] habere, to [[have]] a [[value]], to be [[worth]] [[something]]: vendat [[oleum]], si [[pretium]] habeat, [[Cato]], R. R. 2, 7: [[annona]] [[porro]] [[pretium]] [[nisi]] in calamitate fructuum non habet, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 98, § 227; [[but]] also: [[pretium]] habere, to [[have]] a [[price]], be for [[sale]]: [[quis]] ignorat [[quin]] id [[longe]] [[sit]] liberalibus disciplinis dignissimum, non vendere operam: cum pleraque hoc ipso possint videri vilia, [[quod]] [[pretium]] habent, Quint. 12, 7, 8; [[hence]]: [[pretium]] non habere, to [[have]] no [[price]], be [[above]] [[price]] ([[late]] Lat.): [[nihil]] esse pretiosius, [[immo]] eum [[pretium]] non habere testatur, Aug. Serm. 36, 8: in [[pretio]] esse, to be of [[worth]], [[value]], or [[estimation]], to be in [[repute]]: tum [[coquus]] in [[pretio]] esse ([[coeptus]]), Liv. 39, 6, 9: nec in [[pretio]] [[fertilis]] [[hortus]] erat, Ov. F. 5, 316; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 22: in [[pretio]] habere, to [[regard]] as of [[value]]: in magno [[pretio]] habere, Sen. Ep. 75, 11: [[aurum]] et [[argentum]] in [[pretio]] habent, Tac. G. 5; for [[which]] cf.: pudebat libertatis majus esse [[apud]] feminas [[quam]] [[apud]] viros [[pretium]], Curt. 8, 2, 28: [[pretium]] facere, to [[fix]] or [[set]] a [[price]] or [[value]]; of a [[seller]]: indica, fac [[pretium]]. Do. Tua [[merx]] est; tua [[indicatio]] est, Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 37; of a purchaser: [[quis]] faceret [[pretium]], [[nisi]] qui sua perdere vellet Omnia? Mart. 1, 86, 7; Dig. 10, 3, 19.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Wages, [[reward]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): pro [[pretio]] [[facio]] ut [[opera]] appareat, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 59: operam Epidici [[nunc]] me [[emere]] [[pretio]] pretioso velim, id. Ep. 1, 2, 17: reddere alicui pro benefactis, id. Capt. 5, 1, 20: palmae [[pretium]] victoribus, Verg. A. 5, 111.—<br /><b>III</b> Trop., [[worth]], [[value]]: quales ex hac [[die]] experiundo cognovit, [[perinde]] operae eorum [[pretium]] faceret, would [[estimate]] [[their]] services, Liv. 27, 17: [[sive]] aliquod [[morum]] Est [[pretium]], Ov. Tr. 1, 9, 43: corticis [[etiam]] ad medicamenta [[pretium]] est, Plin, 12, 25, 54, § 118; 12, 19, 43, § 95.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., [[pay]], [[hire]], wages, [[reward]], [[price]] (cf.: [[stipendium]], [[merces]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[good]] [[sense]]: majores [[seorsum]] [[atque]] diversum [[pretium]] paravere bonis [[atque]] strenuis, [[decurionatus]] ... aliosque honores, [[Cato]] ap. Fest. s. v. [[optionatus]], p. 201 Müll.; so, = [[praemium]] (opp. [[poena]]), ita et [[pretium]] recte facti triumphum haberet L. [[Paulus]] pro [[egregie]] [[bello]] [[gesto]], Liv. 45, 37, 5: ut [[pretium]] honoremque debito beneficio addat, id. 45, 14, 1: cum pro cujusque [[merito]] [[consul]] pretia poenasque exsolvisset, id. 26, 40, 15 Weissenb. ad loc.: [[satis]] ampla pretia, prizes, id. 21, 43, 6: virtutum [[pretium]], Sen. Clem. 1, 1, 1.—Plur.: tam longā valetudine conflictabatur, ut haec tanta pretia vivendi mortis rationibus vincerentur, rewards of [[living]], i. e. motives for [[living]], Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 4.—Esp. in [[phrase]] [[pretium]] curae, and [[more]] freq. [[pretium]] operae, a [[reward]] for [[trouble]]: mihi [[visum]] est [[pretium]] curae, ipsum, [[senatus]] [[consultum]] quaerere, seemed to me [[worth]] the [[trouble]], [[worth]] [[while]], Plin. Ep. 8, 6, 2: est [[pretium]] curae cognoscere, etc., Juv. 6, 474: facturusne operae [[pretium]] sim, etc.,... nec [[satis]] [[scio]], [[what]] [[will]] [[pay]] for the [[trouble]], Liv. praef.: operae [[pretium]] habent libertatem, civitatemque, id. 25, 6; 21, 43: audire est operae [[pretium]], etc., Enn. ap. [[Acron]]. ad Hor. S. 1, 2, 37 (Ann. v. 454 Vahl.); so Liv. 3, 26, 7: reddere opis [[pretium]] pro factis, Enn. ap. Sen. Ep. 108 (Epigr. v. 6 Vahl.): quo in genere est operae [[pretium]] diligentiam majorum recordari, it is [[worth]] [[while]], Cic. Agr. 2, 27, 73: captā urbe, operae [[pretium]] [[fore]], Sall. J. 81, 2; so [[without]] operae ([[post]]-Aug.): Germanico [[pretium]] fuit convertere [[agmen]], [[thought]] it of [[importance]], Tac. A. 1, 57: ni [[pretium]] foret Pisonis sententias noscere, were it not [[worth]] [[while]], were it not of [[importance]], id. ib. 2, 35: posse eum, si operae [[pretium]] faciat, principem popularium esse, if he does [[any]] [[thing]] [[worth]] [[while]], [[any]] [[thing]] of [[importance]], Liv. 25, 30: duos servos ad hostes transfugisse et operae [[pretium]] fecisse, [[have]] done [[valuable]] [[service]], Quadrig. ap. Sen. Ben. 3, 23: [[scriptor]] [[minime]] [[utilis]], cujus [[libro]] adtingere nullum [[pretium]] operae [[sit]], Gell. 12, 2, 1; so, operis [[pretium]] est, Sil. 16, 45.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In a [[bad]] [[sense]] (i. q. [[poena]]), [[reward]], [[punishment]], [[like]] the Gr. [[τιμή]], [[μισθός]] ([[poet]].): si malos imitabor, tum [[pretium]] pro noxā dabis, Liv. And. ap. Non. 365, 27: verbera, [[compedes]], molae ... haec pretia sunt ignaviae, Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 10: ego [[pretium]] ob stultitiam [[fero]], Ter. And. 3, 5, 4: et peccare [[nefas]], aut [[pretium]] est mori, Hor. C. 3, 24, 24: [[ille]] crucem [[pretium]] sceleris tulit, hic [[diadema]], Juv. 13, 105.—Of [[bribery]]: adduci [[pretio]] ad hominem condemnandum, Cic. Caecil. 10, 29: [[pretio]] judicem corrumpere, id. ib. 25, 72: nec prece, nec [[pretio]] a rectā viā deduci, Auct. Her. 3, 3, 4.

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