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venalicius

venalicius · adj

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Where it lives

Orator 2 · 1.08/10k
Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 31-32 - 32 1 · 0.94/10k
Satyricon 2 · 0.66/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
Institutio Oratoria 2 · 0.12/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k
Ab urbe condita 1 · 0.02/10k

What it meant

vēnālīcĭus — Lewis & Short

vēnālīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj.venalis,

I of or belonging to selling, for sale.

I In gen.

A Adj.: jumenta, Petr. 76. —

B Subst.: vēnālīcĭum, ii, n., taxes on sales, Cod. Just. 12, 19, 4.—

II In partic., of or belonging to slave-selling.

A Adj.: familiae, i. e. young slaves exposed for sale, Suet. Aug. 42; so, greges, Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 201.—

B Substt.

1 vēnālīcĭus, ii, m., a slave-dealer, Cic. Or. 70, 232; Plin. 21, 26, 97, § 170; Suet. Rhet. 1.—

2 vēnā-līcĭum, ii, n.

a Slave-selling, Dig. 21, 1, 65; Petr. 29; Inscr. Orell. 3023 and 4777.—

b Plur., concr., young slaves, Dig. 28, 8, 5.

In the wild

venaliciis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 35.18
venalicia Petronius, Satyricon 76
venaliciis Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 21.26.p1
venalicii Cicero, Orator 232
uenaliciis Apuleius, Apologia 45
venalicium Petronius, Satyricon 29

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