lŏco — Lewis & Short
lŏco, āvi, ātum, 1 (old forms, locassim for locaverim,
Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 51; so,I
locassint,Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. a. locus, to place, put, lay, set, dispose, arrange.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
equites pro cornibus,Quint. 2, 13, 3:
crates adversas locari jubet,Caes. B. C. 3, 46:
milites super vallum in munimentis,Sall. J. 100:
cum sol ita locatus fuisset, ut, etc.,Cic. Rep. 1, 15, 23:
fundamenta (urbis),Verg. A. 4, 266; cf. id. ib. 1, 428:
gramineoque viros locat ipse sedili,id. ib. 8, 176:
vicos,Tac. G. 16:
stipendium et commeatum,Sall. J. 90.—
B In partic.
1 Locare puellam in matrimonium or in matrimonio, nuptiis, nuptum, or simply locare, to give a girl in marriage, to marry her to any one: cur me huic locabas nuptiis? Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 157 Vahl.):
virginem habeo grandem, neque eam queo locare quoiquam,Plaut. Aul. 2, 2, 15:
in matrimonium,id. Trin. 3, 3, 52:
aliquam in luculentam familiam,id. Cist. 3, 2, 18:
nuptum virginem adulescenti,Ter. Phorm. 5, 1, 25.—
2 To let, lease, to hire or farm out (opp. conduco):
vectigalia,Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7:
portorium,id. Inv. 1, 30, 47:
agrum frumento,Liv. 27, 3:
praedia non nummo sed partibus,Plin. Ep. 9, 37, 3:
tabernas civitatibus ad stationem,Suet. Ner. 37.—
b To give out on contract, to contract for having a thing done:
tu idem optimum est Loces efferendum: nam jam credo mortuus est,Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 30:
impero, ut tu me quoivis castrandum loces,id. ib. 2, 2, 73:
ut quod sit sibi operis locatum ecficeret,id. As. 2, 4, 37:
ego operam meam tribus nummis hodie locavi ad artis naugatorias,id. Trin. 4, 2, 2:
statuam faciendam,Cic. Phil. 9, 7, 16:
funera,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 120:
majore pecuniā columnas dealbandas, quam, etc.,id. ib. 2, 1, 59, §
154: statuas demoliendas,id. ib. 2, 2, 67, § 161: auseribus cibaria publice locantur (sc. praebenda), id. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:
Junoni templum (sc. exstruendum),Liv. 5, 23:
vestimenta exercitui (sc. facienda),id. 27, 10:
ingentesque locat Caesonia Rhenos,Pers. 6, 47.—
c Locare se or locare operam suam, to hire one's self out, hire out one's services:
quid si aliquo ad ludos me pro manduco locem,Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 51:
operam suam ad aliquam rem,id. Trin. 4, 2, 1; Gell. 3, 3, 14:
vocem,i. e. to become a ranter, Juv. 8, 185:
locare noctes, of courtesans,Ov. Am. 1, 10, 30.—
d To lend:
ornamenta quae locavi metuo ut possim recipere,Plaut. Curc. 4, 1, 3.—
e To quarter, establish in quarters:
cohortes novis hibernaculis,Tac. A. 14, 38.—
3 Of money, to invest, place:
nec quicquam argenti locavi jam diu usquam aeque bene?Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 144.—
4 To put or lend out money on interest:
locare argenti nemini nummum queo,Plaut. Most. 3, 1, 4. —Hence, locare se, to bring in interest, to yield:
disciplina (histrionis) quae erat (Panurgo) ab hoc (Roscio) tradita, locabat se non minus HS CCCICCC,Cic. Rosc. Com. 10, 28.—
II Trop.
A In gen., to place, put, set, lay, fix:
metuo hercle ne illa mulier mi insidias locet,Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 17:
num tu pudicae quoipiam insidias locas?id. Curc. 1, 1, 25:
vitam in tam clara luce locavit,Lucr. 5, 12:
inter recte factum atque peccatum media locabat quaedam,Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 37:
aliquem in amplissimo gradu dignitatis,id. Mur. 14, 30:
civitas in Catonis et Bruti fide locata,id. Att. 6, 1, 5:
omnia mea studia in Milonis magistratu fixi et locavi,id. Fam. 2, 6, 3:
eo loco locati sumus, ut, etc.,id. Lael. 12, 40:
vos hortor, ut ita virtutem locetis, ut eā exceptā nihil amicitiā praestabilius esse putetis,id. ib. 27, 104:
res certis in personis ac temporibus locata,id. de Or. 1, 31, 138:
prudentia est locata in delectu bonorum et malorum,consists in, id. Off. 3, 17, 71:
beneficium apud gratos,to confer upon, Liv. 7, 20.—
B (Acc. to I. B. 2. c.) To put out, as at interest; to place so as to secure a return: optumo optume optumam operam das;
datam pulcre locas,Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 122:
beneficia apud gratos,Liv. 7, 20, 5: benefacta male locata male facta arbitror, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62 (Trag. v. 429 Vahl.).—
C Locare nomen, to become surety, Phaedr. 1, 16, 1.—Hence, P. a.: lŏcātus, a, um, only as subst.: lŏcātum, i, n., that which is placed on lease, hired out, Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 74.