rent (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An opening made by tearingII. Payment for the right of occupation1. vectīgal, ālis, n. (a gen. term including revenues of whatever kind)2. merces, ēdis, f.3. hăbĭtātio (house-r.)4. pensio (payment)5. expr. sometimes by rĕdĭtus, ūs (income) • rent (subs.): I. An opening made by tearing: scissūra: any r. in the side of the nail, aliqua ab latere (unguiculi) s., Sen. N. Q. 6, 2, 5: v. cleft, FISSURE: expr. more freq. by a verb: to make a r. in the nets, rumpere plagas, Hor. Od. 1, 1, 28. II. Payment for the right of occupation: 1. vectīgal, ālis, n. (a gen. term including revenues of whatever kind): a r. payable by the occupants of the land, v. agrorum possessoribus impositum, Liv. 4, 36: hence ellipt., solarium (sc. v.), ground-r., Ulp. Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 17; locarium (sc. v.), r. paid for the stall of a theatre, Varr. L. L. 5, 2, 7, § 15: rack-r., *quam maximum v.: r.-day, *dies vectigali pensitando praestitutus. 2. merces, ēdis, f.: the r.s of the farms, mercedes praediorum, Cic. Att. 15, 20, ad fin.: to remit a year's house-r. to the tenants, conductoribus annuam m. habitationis donare, Caes. B. C. 3, 21. Dimin. mercēdŭla, Cic. Att. 13, 11. 3. hăbĭtātio (house-r.): the expense of house-r., sumptus habitationis, Cic. Coel. 7, 17: v. preced. art. 4. pensio (payment): the yearly r. of common lodging-houses, insularum annua p., Suet. Ner. 44: Juv. 5. expr. sometimes by rĕdĭtus, ūs (income): as long as r. is paid to the owner, quamdiu pensio sive r. domino praestetur, Just. Inst. 3, 24, 3: or by fructus, ūs (proceeds): the r.s of the estates, f. praediorum, Cic. Att. 11, 2: v. revenue, income. Phr.: to pay a r. of 100l. a-year, centum libris (Anglicis) habitare, after Cic. Coel. 7, 17: estates that pay r., praedia quae pensitant, id. Agr. 3, 2, 9: to let out farms on condition of receiving a portion of the produce as r., locare partibus praedia, Plin. Ep. 9, 37: a collector of house-r.s, insularius, Pomp. Dig. 50, 16, 166: r.-roll, *tabulae ubi reditus (annui) perscribuntur.