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|lshtext=<b>arrha</b>: ae, f., and arrhăbo (also [[without]] [[aspiration]] [[arra]] and arrăbo), ōnis, m. (the [[latter]] form [[ante]]-[[class]].; cf. Gell. 17, 2, 21; in Cic. the [[word]] is [[never]] used), = [[ἀρραβών]] from the Heb. from , to [[give]] [[security]],<br /><b>I</b> the [[money]] given to [[ratify]] a [[contract]], [[earnest]]-[[money]], [[purchase]]-[[money]], a [[pledge]], an [[earnest]] ([[arrha]] is a [[part]] of the [[purchase]]-[[money]], [[while]] [[pignus]] is a [[pledge]] to be restored [[when]] the [[contract]], for [[security]] of [[which]] it is given, Las been performed, Isid. Orig. 5, 25).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: arraboni has dedit [[quadraginta]] minas, Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 115; id. Rud. prol. 46; id. Poen. 5, 6, 22: Ea relicta huic arrabonist pro [[illo]] argento, * Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 42: [[tantus]] arrabo, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 20 (i. e. sexcentos obsides, Gell.): dederis mihi arrabonem, Vulg. Gen. 38, 17: pro arrabone dari, ib. ib. 38, 18.—Jestingly shortened [[into]] [[rabo]]: rabonem habeto, [[mecum]] ut hanc noctem sies, Plaut. Truc. 3, 2, 20 sq.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.: arrabo amoris, Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 11; Dig. 18, 1, 35; Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 28; and so [[ironically]]: mortis [[arra]], [[money]] given to physicians, Plin. 29, 1, 8, § 21.