emptionem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →emptio, emptionis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
purchase/acquisition, thing bought; deed of purchase; act of buying/purchasing;
acc. sg.
Examples
XII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...inpulimus. inde fugientia vela longo visu prosecuti facilem emptionem, secundos ventos, placidum mare, non secus ipsi navigaremus, precati..."Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...captivum detineret. inritamque praedam militibus effecerat consensus Italiae, emptionem talium mancipiorum aspernantis: occidi coepere; quod ubi enotuit..."