redeem Copy link Outline I. To ransom, get back1. rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 32. rĕdempto, 13. lībĕro, 14. rĕpignĕro, 1 (to r. a pledge)II. To make amends for • redeem: I. To ransom, get back: 1. rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: to r. captives from brigands, r. captos a praedonibus, Cic. Off. 2, 16, 56: to r. captives from slavery, r. captos e servitute, id. ib. 2, 18, 63: to r. the state by gold, auro r. civitatem, Liv. 9, 4, extr.: they wished to r. him from death with their own blood, eum suo sanguine ab Acheronte cuperent r., Nep. Dion. 10, 2. ye have been r.'d by the blood of Christ, redempti estis sanguine Christi, Vulg. 2 Pet. i. 18: v. ransom. 2. rĕdempto, 1: Tac. H. 3, 34. 3. lībĕro, 1: v. SET FREE: to r. the land tax, perh. *vectigali agros liberare, after Cic. Agr. 1, 4, 10. 4. rĕpignĕro, 1 (to r. a pledge): Ulp. Dig. 13, 6, 5, § 12. II. To make amends for: rĕdĭmo, ēmi, emptum, 3: to r. many charges of sloth by his death, multa desidiae crimina morte r., Vell. 2, 87, 1: Sall.: Ov.: v. atone for, repair.
REDEEM Copy link • REDEEMredimere, with or without pecunia or pretio: to redeem from slavery, redimere e servitute: to redeem anybody with one’s blood, sanguine suo redimere aliquem; e.g., from death, ab Acheronte (Nep., Dion., 10, 2). To redeem a captive, captivum redimere ab hostibus: to redeem a pledge, repignerare quod pignori datum est (Ulp., Dig., 12, 6, 5, § 12). To redeem the land-tax, agrum eximere de vectigalibus (Cic.; general term), or *de vectigali publico, or *de aestimatione publice probata [Vid: LAND-TAX]. To repair; Vid.