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Ar. and P. τῑμή, ἡ, P. ὠνή, ἡ, P. and V. ἀξία, ἡ, V. τῖμος, ὁ.
Pay: P. and V. μισθός, ὁ.
What is the price of corn? Ar. πῶς ὁ σῖτος ὤνιος; (Ach. 758).
When the price of corn went up: P. ὅτε ὁ σῖτος ἐπετιμήθη (Dem. 918).
At what price? P. and V. πόσου;
At a high price: P. and V. πολλοῦ.
At the price of, lit.: Ar. and P. ἐπί̆ (dat.).
Met., in exchange for: P. and V. ἀντί̆ (gen.).
I would not buy at any price: V. οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδενὸς λόγου (Soph. Aj. 477).
At any price: see at all costs, under cost.
Put a price on a man’s head: P. χρήματα ἐπικηρύσσειν (dat.) (Dem. 347).
He put a price upon his head: V. χρυσὸν εἶφʼ ὃς ἂν κτάνῃ (Eur. El. 33).
They set a price on their heads: P. ἐπανεῖπον ἀργύριον τῷ ἀποκτείναντι (Thuc. 6.60).
subs.
Ar. and P. τῑμή, ἡ, P. ὠνή, ἡ, P. and V. ἀξία, ἡ, V. τῖμος, ὁ.
Pay: P. and V. μισθός, ὁ.
What is the price of corn? Ar. πῶς ὁ σῖτος ὤνιος; (Ach. 758).
When the price of corn went up: P. ὅτε ὁ σῖτος ἐπετιμήθη (Dem. 918).
At what price? P. and V. πόσου;
At a high price: P. and V. πολλοῦ.
At the price of, lit.: Ar. and P. ἐπί̆ (dat.).
Met., in exchange for: P. and V. ἀντί̆ (gen.).
I would not buy at any price: V. οὐκ ἂν πριαίμην οὐδενὸς λόγου (Soph. Aj. 477).
At any price: see at all costs, under cost.
Put a price on a man’s head: P. χρήματα ἐπικηρύσσειν (dat.) (Dem. 347).
He put a price upon his head: V. χρυσὸν εἶφʼ ὃς ἂν κτάνῃ (Eur. El. 33).
They set a price on their heads: P. ἐπανεῖπον ἀργύριον τῷ ἀποκτείναντι (Thuc. 6.60).
price
v. trans.
P. τιμᾶν ; see value.
v. trans.
P. τιμᾶν ; see value.
PRICE
pretium. To set or fix a price pretium statuere (Plaut.) constituere (Cic.) alicui rei imponere (Quint.): to set a price upon anybody’s head mercedem mortis alicujus promittere: the price of estates is fallen pretia praediorum jacent (Cic.): the price of land falls pretium agrorum retro abit (Plin.): to fall in price vilius fieri or venire: corn is lower in price vilitas annonae consecuta est annona laxavit: to agree upon a price de pretio convenire (Quint.): to raise the price pretium alicujus rei efferre (Varr.) augere (Plin.): to raise the price of corn [Vid: CORN]. Corn does not bear a good price annona non habet pretium (Cic.): to be at a high price pretii esse magni; at a low price parvi; very low minimi: to sell at a low price parvo pretio vendere aliquid (Cic.): what is the price? quanti indicas? quanti vendis rem? what is the price of pigs here? quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt? (Plaut. Men. 2 2 15).
pretium. To set or fix a price pretium statuere (Plaut.) constituere (Cic.) alicui rei imponere (Quint.): to set a price upon anybody’s head mercedem mortis alicujus promittere: the price of estates is fallen pretia praediorum jacent (Cic.): the price of land falls pretium agrorum retro abit (Plin.): to fall in price vilius fieri or venire: corn is lower in price vilitas annonae consecuta est annona laxavit: to agree upon a price de pretio convenire (Quint.): to raise the price pretium alicujus rei efferre (Varr.) augere (Plin.): to raise the price of corn [Vid: CORN]. Corn does not bear a good price annona non habet pretium (Cic.): to be at a high price pretii esse magni; at a low price parvi; very low minimi: to sell at a low price parvo pretio vendere aliquid (Cic.): what is the price? quanti indicas? quanti vendis rem? what is the price of pigs here? quibus hic pretiis porci veneunt? (Plaut. Men. 2 2 15).
price (subs.):
1. prĕtium: (to buy) at a low, high p., parvo, magno p., Caes. B. G. 1, 18: Cic.: to agree on a p. for one's head, p. pacisci pro capite, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107: to fix a p. (as a dealer does), p. constituere, id. Att. 12, 33: p.s are fallen, jacent p., id. R. Com. 12, init.
2. when price is indicated indefinitely, in such phrr. as, at a high, low p., etc.: use, magni, parvi, tanti, etc.: (to sell a female slave) at cost p., (tanti) quanti empta est, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41; more precisely, tantidem (for just so much), ib. 2, 1, 46: at what p. does Chrysogonus give lessons? quanti C. docet? Juv. 7, 176: so, at a higher or lower p., majoris, pluris: L. G. § 281. (N.B.--The forms magno, parvo, maximo, plurimo, are also common.)
3. price of corn, annōna (market-price): the p. of corn had risen to ..., ad ... annona pervenerat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52: to raise the p. of corn, incendere s. excandefacere annonam, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, ad fin.: also, a. flagellare (artificially, by buying up the supply), Plin. 33, extr. Also used of other commodities of which there is a regular sale: Juv. 9, 100 (veneni a.): Plin. l. c. Phr.: to be had for a p. venalis, Sall. Jug. 35, extr.: beyond all (estimate of) p., super omnem taxationem, Plin. 7, 12, 56. See alsoVALUE .
1. prĕtium: (to buy) at a low, high p., parvo, magno p., Caes. B. G. 1, 18: Cic.: to agree on a p. for one's head, p. pacisci pro capite, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107: to fix a p. (as a dealer does), p. constituere, id. Att. 12, 33: p.s are fallen, jacent p., id. R. Com. 12, init.
2. when price is indicated indefinitely, in such phrr. as, at a high, low p., etc.: use, magni, parvi, tanti, etc.: (to sell a female slave) at cost p., (tanti) quanti empta est, Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 41; more precisely, tantidem (for just so much), ib. 2, 1, 46: at what p. does Chrysogonus give lessons? quanti C. docet? Juv. 7, 176: so, at a higher or lower p., majoris, pluris: L. G. § 281. (N.B.--The forms magno, parvo, maximo, plurimo, are also common.)
3. price of corn, annōna (market-price): the p. of corn had risen to ..., ad ... annona pervenerat, Caes. B. C. 1, 52: to raise the p. of corn, incendere s. excandefacere annonam, Varr. R. R. 3, 2, ad fin.: also, a. flagellare (artificially, by buying up the supply), Plin. 33, extr. Also used of other commodities of which there is a regular sale: Juv. 9, 100 (veneni a.): Plin. l. c. Phr.: to be had for a p. venalis, Sall. Jug. 35, extr.: beyond all (estimate of) p., super omnem taxationem, Plin. 7, 12, 56. See also
price (v.): Phr.: pretium constituere, Cic. Att. 12, 33: also, taxare (not in Cic.), Plin. 31, 5, 27 (of the market price of a commodity; whereas the former phr. refers to a particular case).