debt Copy link Outline I. Of money1. aes ăliēnum (the usual term of pecuniary obligation)2. dēbĭtum (rare3. nōmen, ĭnis, n. (lit. a name4. crēdĭtum (a loan)II. In gen. sense; of any obligation • debt: I. Of money: 1. aes ăliēnum (the usual term of pecuniary obligation): to be in d., in aere al. esse, Cic.: if very much so, aere al. laborare, Caes.: to contract a debt, aes al. contrahere, Cic.; conflare, Sall.: to get into d., in aes al. incidere, id.: head over ears in d., aere al. oppressus, Cic.; demersus, Liv.: heavy d., aes al. grande, Sall.; magnum, Cic.: to liquidate a d., aes al. solvere, Sall.: Cic.: Liv.; dissolvere, Cic.; exsolvere, Caes.: not to be in any d., in aere al. nullo esse, Cic.: to get out of d., aere al. exire, id. But with the adject. pron. meus, tuus, etc., alienus must be omitted: as, in my d., in meo aere, Cic. 2. dēbĭtum (rare: and usu. with something in the context to limit it): to pay any one a d., alicui debitum [debitam pecuniam] solvere, Cic. 3. nōmen, ĭnis, n. (lit. a name: hence only of debts that are booked): to enter a d., n. in codicem referre, Cic.: to transfer a d., n. in alium transcribere, Liv.: to pay a d., n. solvere, Cic.: to call in d.s, nomina exigere, id.: to sue for a d., (de nomine) appellare, Cic. 4. crēdĭtum (a loan): to hold security for a d. (loan), pignora in creditum possidere: Ulp. Phr.: an abolition of d.s, tabulae novae, Cic.: to pay every one his d. in full, solidum suum cuique solvere, not to be able to pay one's d.s, non solvendo esse, Cic. (v. insolvent): to remit a (loan) debt, creditas pecunias condonare, Caes.: to be over head and ears in d., animam debere, Ter. Phor. 4, 3, 56 (Kr.): one who is so, obaeratus, Liv.: Tac. II. In gen. sense; of any obligation: dēbĭtum: to pay the d. of nature (lit., to nature), naturae d. reddere, Nep.; reddere, Curt. Phr.: to discharge one's d. to one's country, patriae quod quis debet solvere, Cic.: to pay a d. of gratitude, beneficium alicui solvere, id.: I am still in your d., *adhuc tibi debeo.