pollicitor
From LSJ
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
pollĭcĭtor: ātus, 1, v. freq. a. and n. polliceor,
I to promise (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic. or Cæs.): pro capite argentum, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 24: operam suam alicui, id. Mil. 3, 3, 6; Dig. 50, 12, 6. —Absol.: ego te complures menses tuli Pollicitantem, nihil ferentem, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 36: sollicitando et pollicitando, id. And. 5, 4, 9: largiundo atque pollicitando magis incendere, Sall. C. 38, 1; id. J. 8, 1.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
pollĭcĭtor,¹⁵ ātus sum, ārī (polliceor), tr. et intr., promettre beaucoup, souvent : Pl. Mil. 879 ; Rud. 929 ; Ter. Andr. 912 ; Phorm. 521 ; Sall. C. 38, 1.
