păcisco — Lewis & Short
păcisco, ĕre, 3, v. n. and
I a. [collat. form of dep. paciscor, q. v.], to agree, contract, bargain, covenant (class. only in perf. part. pass.): id quoque paciscunt, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 17:
paciscit, obsides ut reddant,id. ib. 18.—Hence, pactus, a, um, in pass. signif., agreed upon, settled, determined, covenanted, stipulated (class.).
A In gen.:
pactum pretium,Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107:
pacta praemia,id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2:
dies,id. Cat. 1, 9, 24:
merces,Hor. C. 3, 3, 22:
foedus,Cic. Sest. 14, 33:
cum hoste pactae induciae,id. Off. 1, 10, 33.—In the abl. absol.:
quidam pacto inter se ut victorem res sequeretur, ferro decreverunt,by agreement, Liv. 28, 21, 5; Sil. 14, 97.—
B In partic., betrothed:
haec tibi pacta'st Callicli filia,Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 59:
cujus filio pacta est Artavasdis filia,Cic. Att. 5, 21, 2:
alii pacta puella,Tac. A. 1, 55:
Turnus, cui pacta Lavinia fuerat,Liv. 1, 2:
conjux,Verg. A. 10, 722.—Hence, as subst.
1 pacta, ae, f., a betrothed woman:
gremiis abducere pactas,Verg. A. 10, 79:
pacta ejus, Menelai filia,Vell. 1, 1, 3; Juv. 6, 200.—
2 pactus, i, m., a betrothed husband, a man engaged or promised in marriage:
proles Amissum didicere patrem, Marpissaque pactum,Stat. Th. 3, 172.—
3 pactum, i, n., an agreement, covenant, contract, stipulation, compact, pact (cf.:
conventio, pactio, obligatio): pactum est, quod inter aliquos convenit,Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 68; cf. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20:
pacta et promissa semperne servanda sint,Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92:
mansit in condicione atque pacto,Cic. Verr. 1, 6, 16:
pacti et conventi formula,id. Caecin. 18, 51; cf.:
ex pacto et convento,id. Att. 6, 3, 1:
pacta conventaque,Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:
stare pacto,Liv. 9, 11:
pactum violans,Vulg. Mal. 2, 10 et saep.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), the covenant of God:
dereliquerunt pactum Domini,Vulg. Deut. 29, 25; id. 3 Reg. 11, 11; id. 2 Par. 6, 14.—Poet.:
sacrum,i. e. a marriagecontract, Val. Fl. 8, 401; cf. Juv. 6, 25.—
(b) Transf., in gen., abl. pacto (like ratione and modo), manner, way, means (class.):
percontat Aeneas, quo pacto Troiam urbem liquerit,Naev. Bell. Pun. 2, 1:
si non fecero ei male aliquo pacto,Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 27; id. Am. prol. 137:
nescio quo pacto semper hoc fit,how, Cic. Mur. 21, 43; id. Quint. 17:
non tacebo umquam alio pacto, nisi, etc.,Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 46:
aliquo pacto verba his dabo,Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 13:
quoquo pacto tacito est opus,id. Ad. 3, 2, 44: si nullo alio pacto, id. Phorm. 2, 1, 71:
alio pacto docere,Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30:
fieri nullo pacto potest, ut, etc.,id. Fin. 1, 8, 27; Ter. And. 1, 5, 12:
servi mei si me isto pacto metuerent,Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10; 1, 8, 13:
hoc pacto,Verg. G. 2, 248.