sell
sell
v. trans.
Ar. and P. πωλεῖν, (aor., Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδόσθαι, perf., P. πεπρακέναι, pass. also P. πιπράσκεσθαι, aor., P. and V. πρᾱθῆναι, perf., P. and V. πεπρᾶσθαι), Ar. and V. περνά̆ναι, (found in pres. part. περνάς (Eur. Cycl. 271), 3rd sing. pres. pass. πέρναται (Ar. Eq. 176).)
Traffic in: Ar. and V. ἐμπολᾶν, ἀ̆πεμπολᾶν, διεμπολᾶν, V. ὁδᾶν (Eur. Cycl.), ἐξοδᾶν (Eur. Cycl.).
v. trans.
Ar. and P. πωλεῖν, (aor., Ar. and P. ἀ̆ποδόσθαι, perf., P. πεπρακέναι, pass. also P. πιπράσκεσθαι, aor., P. and V. πρᾱθῆναι, perf., P. and V. πεπρᾶσθαι), Ar. and V. περνά̆ναι, (found in pres. part. περνάς (Eur. Cycl. 271), 3rd sing. pres. pass. πέρναται (Ar. Eq. 176).)
Traffic in: Ar. and V. ἐμπολᾶν, ἀ̆πεμπολᾶν, διεμπολᾶν, V. ὁδᾶν (Eur. Cycl.), ἐξοδᾶν (Eur. Cycl.).
SELL
Transitively vendere: divendere (to see in parcels or lots to see single articles): venum dare (to expose for sale): venditare (to offer for sale). To be sold vendi; venire (to go for money); venum ire (to be exposed for sale). To sell one’s self se venditare (to undertake a service or burden for pay); se auctorare (to bind one’s self by receiving money to the performance of a service; as in the case of a gladiator contracting with the lanista ad aliquem ad aliquid): to sell one’s self to anyone se vendere alicui (PROP. or figuratively); pecuniam accipere ab aliquo (to receive a bribe): to sell one’s country alicui patriam venditare: to be selling off divendere; distrahere; foras quidquid habeo vendo (Plaut. Stich. 1 3 67).
Intransitively vendi: venire
Transitively vendere: divendere (to see in parcels or lots to see single articles): venum dare (to expose for sale): venditare (to offer for sale). To be sold vendi; venire (to go for money); venum ire (to be exposed for sale). To sell one’s self se venditare (to undertake a service or burden for pay); se auctorare (to bind one’s self by receiving money to the performance of a service; as in the case of a gladiator contracting with the lanista ad aliquem ad aliquid): to sell one’s self to anyone se vendere alicui (PROP. or figuratively); pecuniam accipere ab aliquo (to receive a bribe): to sell one’s country alicui patriam venditare: to be selling off divendere; distrahere; foras quidquid habeo vendo (Plaut. Stich. 1 3 67).
Intransitively vendi: venire
sell (v.):
I. Trans.:
1. vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (gen. term): to s. for more or less, v. pluris aut minoris, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51. For similar phrr., as to s. at a high or a low price, see L. G. § 281: Caesar sold into slavery a whole section of that town, sectionem ejus oppidi universam Caesar vendidit, Caes. B. G. 2, 33, fin. Fig.: when you had sold yourself to king Cottus for 300 talents, quum te trecentis talentis regi Cotto vendidisses, Cic. in Pis. 34, 84: this man sold his country for gold, vendidit hic auro patriam, Virg. Aen. 6, 621. Frequent. vendito, 1 (to offer for sale over and over again, to try to s.): he is trying to s. his estate at Tusculum, to buy if he can the house of ..., Tusculanum venditat ut, si possit, emat ... domum, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 8: he was trying to s. his fish-ponds for a large sum of money, piscinas grandi aere venditabat, Col. 8, 16, 5. Comp. dīvendo (to s. in lots: rare): to s. in lots the property of the Roman people, bona populi Romani divendere, Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7: their goods having been sold in lots, bonis eorum divenditis, Tac. A. 6, 17.
2. vēnundo, dedi, dătum, 1 (chiefly of the sale of captured slaves): the Numidian adults were put to death, all the rest were sold for slaves, Numidae puberes interfecti, alii omnes venundati, Sall. J. 91. to s. prisoners under the law, captivos sub lege venundare, Suet. Aug. 21, ad fin. Fig.: to s. a sentence, sententiam venundare, Tac. A. 11, 22, extr. 3. vēneo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4; also vēnum eo (as pass. correl. to vendo, to go for sale, be sold): the slaves, the furniture, the farms, and the house will be sold, servi, supellex, fundi, aedes venibunt, Pl. Men. 5, 9, 96: he answered that he had rather be robbed by a fellow-citizen, than sold by an enemy, respondit se a cive spoliari malle quam ab hoste venire, Quint. 12, 1, 43.
4. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3; like divendo (to s. by retail or in lots): to s. stock (furniture) in lots, instrumentum distrahere, Suet. Calig. 39: to s. fields in lots, agros distrahere, Tac. A. 6, 17.
5. submŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (to get rid of by s.ing off): to s. off sheep, oves submovere, Col. 7, 3, 14: cf. id. 7, 4, 3.
II. Intrans.: vēneo, 4 (also as two words, vēnum eo): because the rare bird will s. for gold, quia veneat auro rara avis, Hor. S. 2, 2, 25: at what prices do pigs s.? quibus pretiis porci veneunt? Pl. Men. 2, 2, 15. In the same sense occurs also esse (lit. to be at such a price): salt was s.ing at the sixth of an as, sextante sal fuit, Liv. 29, 37, init.; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 20 (quanti servus est).
I. Trans.:
1. vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (gen. term): to s. for more or less, v. pluris aut minoris, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51. For similar phrr., as to s. at a high or a low price, see L. G. § 281: Caesar sold into slavery a whole section of that town, sectionem ejus oppidi universam Caesar vendidit, Caes. B. G. 2, 33, fin. Fig.: when you had sold yourself to king Cottus for 300 talents, quum te trecentis talentis regi Cotto vendidisses, Cic. in Pis. 34, 84: this man sold his country for gold, vendidit hic auro patriam, Virg. Aen. 6, 621. Frequent. vendito, 1 (to offer for sale over and over again, to try to s.): he is trying to s. his estate at Tusculum, to buy if he can the house of ..., Tusculanum venditat ut, si possit, emat ... domum, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 8: he was trying to s. his fish-ponds for a large sum of money, piscinas grandi aere venditabat, Col. 8, 16, 5. Comp. dīvendo (to s. in lots: rare): to s. in lots the property of the Roman people, bona populi Romani divendere, Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7: their goods having been sold in lots, bonis eorum divenditis, Tac. A. 6, 17.
2. vēnundo, dedi, dătum, 1 (chiefly of the sale of captured slaves): the Numidian adults were put to death, all the rest were sold for slaves, Numidae puberes interfecti, alii omnes venundati, Sall. J. 91. to s. prisoners under the law, captivos sub lege venundare, Suet. Aug. 21, ad fin. Fig.: to s. a sentence, sententiam venundare, Tac. A. 11, 22, extr. 3. vēneo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4; also vēnum eo (as pass. correl. to vendo, to go for sale, be sold): the slaves, the furniture, the farms, and the house will be sold, servi, supellex, fundi, aedes venibunt, Pl. Men. 5, 9, 96: he answered that he had rather be robbed by a fellow-citizen, than sold by an enemy, respondit se a cive spoliari malle quam ab hoste venire, Quint. 12, 1, 43.
4. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3; like divendo (to s. by retail or in lots): to s. stock (furniture) in lots, instrumentum distrahere, Suet. Calig. 39: to s. fields in lots, agros distrahere, Tac. A. 6, 17.
5. submŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (to get rid of by s.ing off): to s. off sheep, oves submovere, Col. 7, 3, 14: cf. id. 7, 4, 3.
II. Intrans.: vēneo, 4 (also as two words, vēnum eo): because the rare bird will s. for gold, quia veneat auro rara avis, Hor. S. 2, 2, 25: at what prices do pigs s.? quibus pretiis porci veneunt? Pl. Men. 2, 2, 15. In the same sense occurs also esse (lit. to be at such a price): salt was s.ing at the sixth of an as, sextante sal fuit, Liv. 29, 37, init.; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 20 (quanti servus est).