păciscor — Lewis & Short
păciscor, pactus, 3,
I v. dep. n. and a. (act. collat. form, v. supra) [1. paco], to make a bargain, contract, or agreement with any one; to covenant, agree, stipulate, bargain, contract respecting any thing (cf.: transigo, stipulor, pango).
I Lit.
A In gen.
(a) Neutr.:
pacisci cum illo paululā pecuniā potes,Plaut. Bacch. 4, 8, 24; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 14, § 36; Ov. M. 4, 702:
paciscitur magnā mercede cum Celtiberorum principibus, ut, etc.,Liv. 25, 33; cf.:
pacti sunt inter se, ut die statutā,Just. 1, 10, 4; 16, 4, 7; 38, 3, 5; cf. esp. id. 3, 6, 10:
votis pacisci, Ne Cypriae Tyriaeque merces Addant avaro divitias mari (= votis transigere cum dis),Hor. C. 3, 29, 59:
de mercedibus,Suet. Gram. 7.—
(b) Act.:
quae pacisci modo scis, set quod pacta's, non scis solvere,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 89:
argentum,id. ib. arg. 1, 9:
quam (provinciam) sibi pactus erat,Cic. Sest. 25, 55:
rem,Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20:
pecuniam cum aliquo, Auct. B. Alex. 55: omnibus proscriptis, reditum salutemque pactus est,Vell. 2, 77, 2:
ab aliquo vitam,Sall. J. 26, 1; so,
pactus in singulos (homines) minas decem a tyranno,Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 99:
cum Xerxe nuptias filiae,Just. 2, 15, 14.—With object-clause:
Leucippo fieri pactus uterque gener,Ov. F. 5, 702:
dimitti (eum) pactus, si, etc.,Plin. 8, 7, 7, § 18.—In part. fut. pass.:
ut firma fierent paciscenda,Amm. 31, 12, 13.—
B In partic., of a marriage-contract, to betroth a woman (syn.:
despondeo, spondeo): ex quā pactus esset vir domo, in matrimonium duceret,Liv. 4, 4, 10:
Etutam pacto fratri eum invidisse,id. 44, 30, 4.—
II Trop., to barter, hazard, stake (poet.):
vitam pro laude,Verg. A. 5, 230:
letum pro laude,id. ib. 12, 49:
aevum pro luce,Stat. Th. 1, 317.