pawn (v.) Copy link Outline 1. pignĕro, 12. expr. by pignus, ŏris and ĕris, n., with a verb3. oblĭgo, 1 • pawn (v.) 1. pignĕro, 1: he p.'d a pearl to pay his travelling expenses, unionem pigneravit ad itineris impensas, Suet. Vit. 7: Juv. So comp. oppignĕro: to p. one's books for wine, libellos pro vino op., Cic. Sext. 51, fin.: Mart. 2. expr. by pignus, ŏris and ĕris, n., with a verb: to p. one's very self, (seipsum) opponere pignori, Pl. Ps. 1, 1, 85: Ter. Ph. 4, 3, 56 (oppositus pignori = mortgaged): pignori dare, Ulp. Dig. 13, 7., 1: also, pignori obligare (to pawn virtually, lay under the obligation of such a transaction, ib.: to receive in p., pignori accipere, Tac. H. 3, 65. 3. oblĭgo, 1: v. to mortgage; and cf. supr. (2).