hire (subs.) Copy link • hire (subs.): merces, ēdis, f. (wages of any kind): the h. of service, operae m., Cic.: to degrade an art to h. and profit, artem ad m. atque quaestum abducere, Cic. Div. 1, 41, fin. That is done for h., or working for h., mercēnarius, Cic.: Liv.: v. hired.
hire (v.) Copy link • hire (v.): condūco, xi, ctum, 3: I was h.d to cook, not to be beaten, coctum non vapulatum conductus fui, Pl. Aul. 3, 3, 9: to h. a house, domum c., Cic. (v. to rent). Mercede, pretio, are sometimes added, esp. with an adj., as magno pretio c., Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1. To h. oneself out, auctorari; esp. of gladiators: Hor. S. 2, 7, 59.
HIRE Copy link • HIRE 1. s. merces; yearly, annua (for persons and things, as pay, wages for hire): vectigal (as the income of one who lets on hire). 2. v. conducere, with or without mercede or pretio. Hired laborers, operae conductae or mercenariae. To hire one’s self out, se or operam suam locare (Plaut.); to anybody, alicui; for any purpose, ad aliquam rem.