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illicitator

illicitator · m

one who bids at an auction to make others bid higher

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Where it lives

De Officiis 1 · 0.3/10k

What it meant

illĭcĭtātor — Lewis & Short

illĭcĭtātor (inl-), ōris, m.in-licito,

I one who bids at an auction to make others bid higher, a sham-bidder, mock-purchaser: non illicitatorem venditor, non, qui contra liceatur, emptor apponet, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 61; cf.: nunc quoniam tuum pretium novi, il. licitatorem potius ponam quam illud minoris veneat, id. Fam. 7, 2, 1 (explained, Paul. ex Fest. p. 113: illicitator emptor, erroneously).

In the wild

illicitatorem Cicero, De Officiis 3.61

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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