excandefacio

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μηδὲν κοτυλίζειν, ἀλλὰ καταπάττειν χύδην → not to sell by the cupful, but to dole out indiscriminately | not to sell by retail but wholesale

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ex-candĕfăcĭo: fēci, 3, v. a.,
I to heat, inflame (perh. only in the foll. passages), trop.: excande me fecerunt cupiditate (tmesis), Varr. R. R. 3, 4, 1: annonam macelli, i. e. to enhance, raise, id. ib. 3, 2, 16; cf. exardesco and incendo.