The corpus record — Latin

licitor

licitor · v. dep

to offer a price, to bid

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Where it lives

Mercator 1 · 1.17/10k

What it meant

lĭcĭtor — Lewis & Short

lĭcĭtor, ātus, 1, v. dep.liceor,

I to offer a price, to bid for any thing (ante- and postclass.).

I Lit.: ut ne licitare advorsum animi mei sententiam, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 104.—

II Transf., to contend, fight: licitati in mercando sive pugnando contendentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.: inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 14 (Ann. v. 77 Vahl.): licitari machaerā adversum aliquem, Caecil. ap. Non. 134, 16 (Com. Fragm. v. 69 Rib.).

In the wild

licitere Plautus, Mercator 2.3

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. licitor (scan p. 380; entry #6012).

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