coemptionalis

διὰ χαρίτων γίγνεσθαί τινι → be pleasing to one

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

cŏëmptiōnālis: (in MSS. also contracted cōmptiōnālis; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 135), e, adj. coëmptio,
I pertaining to a sham sale or a sham marriage: senex, who was made use of in such a performance (cf. Cic. Mur. 12, 27); accordingly, poor, worthless, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 52.—Of a low kind of slaves, Cur. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1.

cŏēmptĭōnālis,¹⁶ [mss cōmpt-], e, (esclave) qu’on donne par dessus le marché : Pl. Bacch. 976, cf. Curius d. Cic. Fam. 7, 29.