deal (v.) Copy link Outline A. Trans.I. To deal out; dispertio, dispertiorII. To deliver (blows)B. Intrans.I. To trafficII. To behave (towards)1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 32. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with prep. cum; esp. in pass. impers.)3. tracto, 1III. To have to do (with)1. tracto, 12. versor, 1 (usu. foll. by in and abl.)IV. To contend • deal (v.): A. Trans.: I. To deal out; dispertio, dispertior: dĭrĭbeo (only of the voting tablets at elections, etc.); mētior (to measure out: as corn): v. distribute. II. To deliver (blows): ingĕro, gessi, gestum, 3: d. him a blow in the belly, ingere pugnos in ventrem, Ter.: also with dat.: Sen. Fig.: of abuse: convicia ing. alicui, Hor.; dicta in aliquem, Pl.; contumelias (absol.), Tac. Phr.: to d. repeated blows, iterare, densare, ingeminare: cf. Virg.'s "nunc dextra ingeminans ictus, nunc ille sinistra," A. 5, 457. B. Intrans.: I. To traffic: nĕgōtior, 1: to d. in any kind of merchandise, aliquo genere mercaturae n., Col.: v. to trade, sell. II. To behave (towards): 1. accĭpio, cēpi, ceptum, 3: he dealt gently and mercifully with the man, leniter hominem clementerque accepit, Cic.: v. to treat. 2. ăgo, ēgi, actum, 3 (with prep. cum; esp. in pass. impers.): he will understand that he has been very badly dealt with, intelliget secum actum esse pessime, Cic. 3. tracto, 1: v. to handle. Phr.: easy to d. with, facilis, tractabilis: v. manageable. III. To have to do (with): 1. tracto, 1: you were d.ing with the public money, pecuniam publicam tractabas, Cic.: v. dealings. 2. versor, 1 (usu. foll. by in and abl.): Cic. Phr.: seeing you have thus dealt with me, cum mecum sic exegeris, Plin. Ep.: as you shall have dealt with me here, uti me hic habueris, Pl. IV. To contend: conflictor, 1: to d. with natures of this sort, cum ingeniis hujusmodi c., Ter. Phr.: 'Tis with you that I have to d., *tecum mihi res est.