auctionarius

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

auctĭōnārĭus: a, um, adj. id.,
I of or pertaining to an auction, auction-: atria, wherein auctions were held, Cic. Agr. 1, 3; Inscr. Orell. 3883 (v. atrium): tabulae, catalogues of goods to be sold by auction, Cic. Cat. 2, 8, 18.