mercēnārĭus — Lewis & Short
mercēnārĭus (in old MSS. written mercennarius), a, um, adj.id.,
I that does any thing for reward or pay; hired for money, wages, or pay; paid, hired, mercenary (opp. to gratuitus, without pay, gratuitous).
I Adj.
A Of persons:
comes,Cic. Pis. 21, 49:
miles,Liv. 24, 49:
testes,hired, bribed, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3:
praetor,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 54.—
B Of inanim. and abstr. things:
mercenaria arma,Liv. 30, 8:
liberalitas gratuitane est, an mercenaria?Cic. Leg. 1, 18, 48:
ancilla mercenariae stipis,Plin. 10, 63, 83, § 172: vincla, his hireling fetters, i. e. his salaried office of praeco, which kept him confined, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 67. —
II Subst.: mercēnārĭus, ii, m., a hireling, hired servant:
tuus mercenarius,Plaut. Poen. 2, 1, 55:
non male praecipiunt, qui ita jubent uti servis, ut mercenariis,Cic. Off. 1, 13, 41:
illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum,id. ib. 1, 42, 150:
Oppionici,id. Clu. 59, 163:
servus perpetuus mercenarius est,i. e. eye-server, Sen. Ben. 3, 22, 1.