engagement Copy link Outline I. A pitched battleII. An agreement, undertaking1. sponsio (of a formal or legal nature)2. stĭpŭlātio (a mutual engagement, by question and answer3. pactum, pactio4. comprōmissum (a mutual e. to abide by arbitration)III. A promise to visitIV. Formal promise to marryV. Business1. occŭpātio2. nĕgōtium • engagement: I. A pitched battle: pugna, proelium, dīmĭcātio: v. battle. Phr.: to come to an e. with: (1.) dīmĭco, 1 (usu. with cum and abl.): when Postumius came to an e. with Mamilius of Tusculum, quum Postumius cum Mamilio Tusculano proelio dimicaret, Cic. N. D. 2, 2, 6: also, acie d. cum hoste, Liv.; armis d., Nep.: v. to fight. (2.) conflīgo, xi, ctum, 3: v. to engage (B, I.): to renew the e., pugnam, proelium redintegrare, Caes. II. An agreement, undertaking: 1. sponsio (of a formal or legal nature): the e. of a religious vow, voti s. qua obligamur Deo, Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41. (Acc. to Paul. Dig. 50, 16, 7, the term sponsio included all kinds of binding promises: "omnis stipulatio promissioque.") 2. stĭpŭlātio (a mutual engagement, by question and answer: Pomp. Dig. 45, 1, 5 § 1): to bind a man by a formal e., aliquem stipulatione alligare, Cic. R. Com. 12, 36. 3. pactum, pactio: v. agreement. 4. comprōmissum (a mutual e. to abide by arbitration): Join: compromisso et jurejurando (impediri), Cic. Fam. 12, 30, ad fin. Phr.: to enter into an e., fidem dare, Cic.: to keep an e., fidem servare, praestare: v. to promise: he was under an e. to give, etc., pactus erat se daturum, etc.: v. to agree. III. A promise to visit: expr. by verb: he had an e. to his brother's (to dinner), promiserat ad fratrem, Cic.: v. to engage (A, II.). IV. Formal promise to marry: pactio nuptialis: v. betrothal. V. Business: 1. occŭpātio: to be engrossed by very pressing e.s, maximis occ. distineri, Cic. Fam. 12, 30, med.: time snatched from most pressing e.s, tempus ereptum e summis oc., Cic. 2. nĕgōtium: v. business.