vēnālis — Lewis & Short
vēnālis, e, adj.2. venus,
I of or belonging to selling, to be sold, for sale, purchasable.
I Lit.
A In gen.:
aedes,Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 67:
aedis venalis hasce inscribit litteris,id. Trin. 1, 2, 131:
horti,Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58:
venales ac proscriptae possessiones,id. Agr. 3, 4, 15:
cibus uno asse,Plin. 19, 4, 19, § 54:
ut ne opera quidem pistoria proponi venalia sinerent,Suet. Tib. 34:
essedum,id. Claud. 16:
cibumque coctum venalem proponi vetuit,Val. Max. 2, 7, 2:
vox,i. e. of a public crier, Cic. Quint. 3, 13:
otium non gemmis venale,Hor. C. 2, 16, 7:
postremo dixisse (Jugurtham), Urbem venalem et mature perituram, si emptorem invenerit,Sall. J. 35, 10:
ubi non sit, quo deferri possit venale, non expediat colere (hortos),Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 3:
familia,i. e. a gang of slaves for sale, Quint. 7, 2, 26.—
B In partic.: vēnālis, is, m., a young slave offered for sale, Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 4; id. Rud. 4, 3, 35; id. Trin. 2, 2, 51 al.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, § 146; Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3; id. Ep. 80, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 47; Plin. 35, 17, 57, § 199; cf. Quint. 8, 2, 8.—Hence, Caesărī vēnāles (or as one word, Caesărĭvēnāles), ium, m., a name given to the inhabitants of Castulo, in Spain, Plin. 3, 3, 4, § 25.—
II Transf., that can be bought by bribes or presents, venal:
quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jus jurandum, veritatem, officium, religionem,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 144:
fidem cum proposuisses venalem in provinciā,id. ib. 2, 2, 32, §
78: juris dictio,id. ib. 2, 2, 48, §
119: multitudo pretio,Liv. 35, 50, 4:
amicae ad munus,Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 21:
cena,Mart. 3, 60, 1:
animae,Sil. 15, 500:
amici,Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.