pactio

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

pactĭo: ōnis, f. paciscor.
I In gen., an agreeing, covenanting; an agreement, covenant, contract, bargain, pact (syn. pactum): est autem pactio duorum plurinmve in idem placitum et consensum, Dig. 2, 14, 1: in pactionibus faciendis legem spectare, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 12: pactionem facere de aliquā re, id. Rosc. Com. 12, 34, and 14, 40: nefarias cum multis pactiones conflare, id. Har. Resp. 20, 42: pactionem cum aliquo facere, ut, etc., id. Att. 4, 18, 2: condiciones pactionesque bellicas perturbare perjurio, id. Off. 3, 29, 108; id. Caecin. 18, 51: arma per pactionem tradere, Liv. 9, 11: summā fide in pactione manere, Nep. Ag. 2, 4: talibus pactionibus pacem facere, conditions, id. Dion. 5: interpositā pactione, Just. 7, 6, 4; 22, 2, 3: pactionem de republicā facere, id. 35, 1, 4: collegam suum Antonium pactione provinciae perpulerat, ne, etc., by making over to him his province according to agreement, Sall. C. 26, 4: pactionem nuptialem facere, Liv. 4, 4: praemiorum, a promise, Cic. post Red. in Sen. 13, 31.—
II In partic.
   A An agreement, compact, between the farmers general and the inhabitants of a province: pactiones cum aliquo conficere, Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 1; id. Att. 5, 13, 1.—
   B A corrupt bargaining, an underhand agreement or compact: nonnullos pactionis suspicionem non vitasse, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 7, § 17: Aulum spe pactionis perpulit, uti, etc., Sall. J. 38, 2; cf. id. C. 26, 4.—
   C A truce: aut pax aut pactio, Flor. 4, 12, 24.—
   D Pactio verborum, a form of words: ex pactione verborum, quibus jusjurandum comprehenditur, on account of the form of oath, Cic. Rosc. Com. 16, 46; cf.: deos cum pactionibus adorare et formulis, Arn. 7 med.—
   E A marriage-contract: hic eam rem volt, scio, mecum adire ad pactionem (= mecum pacisci), Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 25.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

pactĭō,¹⁰ ōnis, f. (paciscor),
1 convention, accord, pacte, traité : in pactionibus faciendis Cic. Q. 1, 1, 12, dans la rédaction des contrats, cf. Har. 42 ; Att. 4, 18, 2 ; Off. 3, 108 ; pactio provinciæ Sall. C. 26, 4, accord sur l’attribution d’une province [échange de province] ; pactio verborum Cic. Amer. 46 = verba pacta, formule convenue ; per pactionem Liv. 9, 11, 4, par une convention, aux termes d’une convention || promesse, engagement : Liv. 4, 4, 8 || trêve : Flor. 4, 12
2 adjudication des impôts publics : pactiones conficere cum civitatibus Cic. Fam. 13, 65, 1, conclure avec les cités des contrats d’adjudication, cf. Cic. Att. 5, 13, 1
3 entente [au sens péjor.] : Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17.