cheap Copy link Outline 1. bĕnĕ2. vīlī (abl. of vilis; pretio being understood)3. vīlĭter • cheap, cheaply (adv.): 1. bĕnĕ: to buy c., b. emere, Cic. (i. e. to buy advantageously; bene vendere is to sell to advantage, i. e. dear). 2. vīlī (abl. of vilis; pretio being understood): to buy c., v. emere, Pl. 3. vīlĭter: Pl.: Plin. Phr.: landed estates may be bought c., jacent praemia praediorum, Cic.: to farm the taxes c., vectigalia parvo pretio redempta habere, Caes.: I sell my property not more dearly than others, perhaps more c., vendo meum non pluris quam ceteri, fortasse etiam minoris, Cic.: to live c., *parvo sumptu (parvis sumptibus) vivere: v. expense.