recompense (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. rĕmūnĕrātio, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69.2. mūnus, ĕris, n.3. praemium4. prĕtium5. merces, ēdis1. grātiam rĕfĕro, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49.2. grātes persolvo3. rĕpendo, di, sum, 3 • recompense (subs.): 1. rĕmūnĕrātio, Cic. Off. 2, 20, 69. 2. mūnus, ĕris, n.: this r. is made to you for many other services, hoc tibi munus pro multis aliis redditur officiis, Catull. 63, 149. 3. praemium: expect from me any gift or r. you please, quodvis donum et praemium a me optato, Ter. Eun. 5., 9, 27: the industry of a bad poet worthy of some r., sedulitatem mali poetae aliquo praemio dignam, Cic. Arch. 10, 25: receive the r. of your deed, cape praemia facti, Ov. Met. 8, 503. 4. prĕtium: that I may make him a r. for his kindnesses, pro benefactis ejus uti ei pretium possim reddere, Pl. Capt. 5, 1, 19: a r. for crime, pretium sceleris, Juv. 13, 105. 5. merces, ēdis: Laomedon deprived the gods of the stipulated r., destituit deos mercede pacta Laomedon, Hor. Od. 3., 3, 22. Dimin. mercedula (a slight r.): Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 198. To make r.: 1. grātiam rĕfĕro, Cic. Off. 1, 15, 49. 2. grātes persolvo: Virg. Aen. 1, 600: in bad sense, may the gods r. you, di grates dignas persolvant, id. 2, 537. 3. rĕpendo, di, sum, 3: if I make great r., si magna rependam, ib. 2, 161. Phr.: should we get r. for our cost and toil? possentne fructus pro impensa ac labore redire? Varro, R. R. 1, 2, 8: without r., gratis: that we may not serve the state without r., ne gratis reipublicae serviamus, Cic. Cluent. 26., 71.