bargain (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Agreement, esp. to sell or buy1. pactĭo2. pactumII. A purchase, or the thing bought • bargain (subs.): I. Agreement, esp. to sell or buy: 1. pactĭo: to make a b. about anything, p. de aliqua re facere, Cic. 2. pactum: he adhered to the terms and b., mansit in conditione atque p., Cic.: b.s and agreements, p. conventaque, Sen. Phr.: to make a b., păciscor, pactus, 3: to make an unfair b., inique p., Cic.: v. to bargain; agreement. II. A purchase, or the thing bought: Phr.: he bought the house a good b., domum bene emit, Cic.: I shall be very glad to return the bad b., mihi maxime placet ea quae male empta sunt reddi, Cic.: that purchase has proved a bad b., *male evenit emptio illa.
bargain (v.) Copy link Outline 1. păciscor, pactus, 32. dēpăciscor (depec.), 3 • bargain (v.): 1. păciscor, pactus, 3: you may b. with him for a small sum, p. cum illo paulula pecunia potes, Pl.: he had b.'d for the province for himself, provinciam sibi pactus erat, Cic.: he b.'d for the return and safety of all the proscribed, omnibus proscriptis reditum salutemque pactus est, Liv. 2. dēpăciscor (depec.), 3: he b.'d for three farms for himself, tria praedia sibi depactus est, Cic.
BARGAIN Copy link • BARGAIN 1. pactum: pactio: to make a bargain with anybody, pacisci cum aliquo; pactionem facere, or conficere cumaliquo: to make a good bargain (= purchase), bene or recte emere: to make a bad bargain, male emere: to give into the bargain, gratis addere: not to stick to one’s bargain, ab emtione abire or recedere (Ulp., Dig., 2, 14, 7, § 6): to be a good hand at a bargain, ad suum questum callere. 2. v. pacisci cum aliquo; pactionem facere, or conficere cum aliquo.