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lĭcĕor, lĭcĭtus, 2,
I v. dep. n. and a. [root lic-; v. 1. liceo], to bid on goods at an auction (class.).
(a) Absol.:
licetur Aebutius,Cic. Caecin. 6, 16:
liciti sunt usque adeo, quoad, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:
digito liceri (because, in bidding, the finger was raised),id. ib. 2, 3, 11, §
27: omnia Aeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redemta habere, propterea, quod illo licente, contra liceri audeat nemo,to bid against, Caes. B. C. 1, 18:
immoderatius liceri,Suet. Caes. 20:
nec licendi finem factum,id. Calig. 38.—
(b) Act., to bid for, make an offer for.—With acc.:
heredes Scapulae si istos hortos liceri cogitant,to bid on the gardens, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4; so,
hortos liceri,Plin. Pan. 50:
et centum Graecos curto centusse licetur,Pers. 5, 191. —*
II Trop., to appraise, estimate, value:
tunc avidi matronam oculi licentur,appraise her, reckon at what price she can be robbed of her honor, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.