emptor
πέτρην κοιλαίνει ρανὶς ὕδατος ἐνδελεχείῃ → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
Latin > English
emptor emptoris N M :: buyer, purchaser
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
emptor: (emt-), ōris, m. id.,
I a buyer, purchaser (cf.: negotiator, mercator, caupo, institor), Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 128 sq.; id. Pers. 4, 4, 31; Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51; id. Phil. 2, 38; id. Caecin. 7, 19; Hor. S. 1, 2, 88; id. Ep. 2, 2, 167 et saep.; cf., on the laws affecting him, the authorities cited under emptio: pretiosus dedecorum, i. e. who buys them dearly (=magno pretio emens), Hor. C. 3, 6, 32: familiae, the imaginary purchaser of an inheritance per aes et libram, Suet. Ner. 4 Bremi; cf. Rein's Privatr. p. 375.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēmptŏr,¹⁰ ōris, m. (emo), acheteur : Cic. Off. 3, 51 ; familiæ Suet. Nero 4, acheteur simulé auquel un citoyen mancipait son patrimoine (familia) dans la procédure du testament per æs et libram, et qui se chargeait d’exécuter les volontés du testateur, v. emancipatio.
Latin > German (Georges)
ēmptor, ōris, m. (emo), der Käufer, in Auktionen = der Ersteher (Ggstz. venditor), emptor fundi, Cic.: emptores bonorum (der Güter), Cic.: emptor familiae pecuniaeque, der Scheinkäufer beim Testieren per aes et libram, Suet. Ner. 4: emptorem invenire, Sall.: emptorem habere, Flor. – übtr., der Erkäufer, callidus emptor Olynthi (v. Philipp von Mazedonien), Iuven.: dedecorum pretiosus emptor, teuer erkaufend, Hor.
Latin > Chinese
emptor, oris. m. :: 買者
