vendibilis
καί τιν᾿ ὀίω αἵματί τ' ἐγκεφάλῳ τε παλαξέμεν ἄσπετον οὖδας ἀνδρῶν μνηστήρων, οἵ τοι βίοτον κατέδουσιν → and I think some one of the suitors that devour your property shall bespatter the vast earth with his blood and brains
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
vendĭbĭlis: e, adj. id.,
I that may be sold, salable, vendible.
I Lit.: via vendibilis Herculanea multarum deliciarum et magnae pecuniae, Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36; so, fundus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 47: merx, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 23: proles, Col. 7, 6 fin.—Comp.: ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2; App. M. 8, p. 212, 5.—
II Trop., acceptable, agreeable, popular: nam ut sint illa vendibiliora, haec uberiora certe sunt, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 12: vendibilis orator, id. Brut. 47, 174: (C. Visellius Varro) populo non erat satis vendibilis, id. ib. 76, 264: oratio, id. Lael. 25, 96: puella, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10. —* Adv.: vendĭbĭlĭter, salably; pleasantly, Hier. Ep. 130, 18.
