mănŭprĕtĭum — Lewis & Short
mănŭprĕtĭum (mănĭpr-; and as two words, mănŭs prĕtĭum and mă-nŭi prĕtĭum; v. Weissenb. ad ii, n.1. manus-pretium,
Liv. 34, 7, 4),I a workman's or artist's pay, wages.
I Lit.:
manupretium dabo,Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 17:
in auro, praeter manus pretium, nihil intertrimenti fit,Liv. 34, 7:
ex manipretio cujusque signi denarios deponere aureos singulos,Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37.—
B Trop., pay, reward:
manupretium perditae civitatis,Cic. Pis. 24, 57:
castrensium laborum tarda manupretia,Sen. Ep. 101, 6.—
II Transf., the value of the work in a thing made by art, the workmanship (opp. to the material; postclass.): manupretium dicitur, ubi non tam materiae ratio, quam manus atque artis ducitur, Ps. - Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:
plerumque plus est in manus pretio, quam in re,Dig. 50, 16, 13.