mercenary (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. mercēnārius2. conductus (hired, paid for)3. vēnālis, e (offered for sale or hire) • mercenary (adj.): 1. mercēnārius: m. witnesses, m. testes, Cic. Fam. 3, 11, med.: opp. to gratuitus, id. Leg. 1, 18, 48 (m. liberalitas). 2. conductus (hired, paid for): Cic. Leg. l. c. Also conducticius: v. foll. art. 3. vēnālis, e (offered for sale or hire): v. venal.
mercenary (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. conductus mīles2. mercēnārius mīles • mercenary (subs.): 1. conductus mīles: 3000 Grecian m.s, ex Graecia conductorum tria millia, Nep. Dat. 8: so, Graeci pedites mercede conducti, Curt. 3, 9, init. Also, conducticius exercitus, mercenaries (collectively), Nep. Iph. 2. 2. mercēnārius mīles: Liv. 24, 49, extr.: in pl. perh. mercenarii (without subs.): Freinsh. Curt. 2, 5: cf. Liv. 30, 8, fin., mercenariis armis oppugnare. (N.B.--In good authors, mercenarius, without subs. = a hired servant: opp. to an actual slave.)
MERCENARY Copy link • MERCENARY 1. adj., mercedis avidus; praeter modum appetens: illiberalis et sordidus (with reference to things or persons): a mercenary spirit, nimium mercedis studium; mercedis aviditas. 2. s. mercenarius; conducticius: a mercenary (i. e., paid soldier), miles mercenarius; mercede conductus: the mercenaries, catervae conducticiae (Nep., Chabr., 1, 2); exercitus conducticius (not conductus): to serve as a mercenary, mercede militari (Curt., 6, 5, 7): to have or employ mercenaries, milite mercenario uti (Liv., 5, 4): mercenaries, i. e., hired workmen, operae mercenariae, or mercede conductae (Cic.).