reward (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. praemium (a r. as a mark of honour)2. merces, ēdis, f. (prop. wages)3. prĕtium (a price paid4. hŏnor or hŏnos5. indĭcium (a r. for information given)6. commŏdum (wages for public service)7. mĕrĭtum (very rare) • reward (subs.): 1. praemium (a r. as a mark of honour): r.s are offered to virtues, punishments to vices, p. proposita sunt virtutibus, et supplicia vitiis, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247: a very splendid r., amplissimum p., id. Mil. 35, 97: to be entitled to a r., p. mereri, Caes. B. G. 7, 34: to enrich with r.s, praemiis augere, Tac. A. 1, 42: to get a r., p. consequi, Caes. B. G. 1, 43. the fruits of our toils, the r.s of our dangers, fructus laborum, p. periculorum, Cic. Pis. 26, 63. 2. merces, ēdis, f. (prop. wages): to bargain for a large r., magna mercede pacisci, Liv. 25, 33: Hor.: glory, the r. of exploits, gloria, m. rerum gestarum, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 65. Dimin.: mercēdŭla: tempted by a trifling r., mercedula adductus id. de Or. 1, 45, 198. 3. prĕtium (a price paid: hence a r. due): the r. of the contest, p. certaminis, Ov. H. 16, 261: to carry off a r., p. ferre, Juv. 13, 105: Join: p. atque merces, Cic. Verr. 5, 20, 50. 4. hŏnor or hŏnos: to offer two r.s, proponere h. geminum, Virg. Aen. 5, 365: (a physician's fee, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3). 5. indĭcium (a r. for information given): Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107. 6. commŏdum (wages for public service): v. wages. 7. mĕrĭtum (very rare): App. M. 8, p. 214. (N.B.--Rĕmūnĕrātio is the act of repaying, giving a r.; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 66.) Phr.: to stipulate for a r., praemiari, Suet. Tit. 7: a r. of grain (in early times), adorea, Plin. 18, 3, 3, ad fin.