hire (v.) Copy link • hire (v.): condūco, xi, ctum, 3: I was h.d to cook, not to be beaten, coctum non vapulatum conductus fui, Pl. Aul. 3, 3, 9: to h. a house, domum c., Cic. (v. to rent). Mercede, pretio, are sometimes added, esp. with an adj., as magno pretio c., Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1. To h. oneself out, auctorari; esp. of gladiators: Hor. S. 2, 7, 59.