pay (subs.) Copy link • pay (subs.): esp. of soldiers: stīpendium: to give soldiers money for their p., militibus dare pecuniam in stipendium, Caes. B. C. 1, 23: to clamour for p., s. flagitare, ib. 1, 87; that the daily p. should be a denarius, ut denarius diurnum s. foret, Tac. A. 1, 26. See also hire, wages, gain.