• OFFER

1. s. quod aliquis offert; conditio. To make an offer, conditionem ferre (Liv.), proponere (Cic.): to accept an offer, conditionem accipere (Terentianus): to refuse an offer, conditionem aspernari (Nep.): offer of marriage; Vid: MARRIAGE.

2. v. offerre (to set over against, to present to): profiteri (to profess one’s self ready to): polliceri (to promise), alicui aliquid. To offer one’s services to anybody, alicui operam suam offerre; at or in anything, ad rem or in re operam suam profiteri: to offer anybody one’s interest or power for anything, alicui auctoritatem, copias, opes deferre ad aliquid negotium: to offer a thing of one’s own accord to anybody, aliquid alicui ultro offerre or polliceri: to offer battle to the enemy, hostem ad pugnam provocare, hostibus facere potestatem pugnae or pugnandi: to offer one’s self, se offerre (general term), or se venditare alicui (of one who endeavors to gain the favor of anybody): to offer one’s self as bail or surety, se sponsorem profiteri: to offer one’s self for anything, profiteri operam suam ad aliquid: to offer one’s self as a guide, polliceri se ducem itineris: to offer itself, offerri, dari (of things and events): objici (to present itself accidentally): suppetere (to be at hand in abundance; Vid: Herzog, Sall., Cat., 16, 3): a good opportunity offers itself, opportunitas datur.