exchange (subs.) Copy link Outline I. The actII. Of moneyIII. The place • exchange (subs.): I. The act: permūtātio (esp. of goods): Ter.: Cic.: v. barter. Phr.: they agreed to an e. of prisoners, *pacti sunt ut captivi inter se permutarentur. II. Of money: colly̆bus: there is loss enough in the e., in c. satis detrimenti, Cic. Att. 12, 6, init.: v. agio. Phr.: a foreign bill of e., perh. delegatio peregrina (v. cheque): to give any one a bill of e. on Athens, curare ut [pecuniae summa] permutetur Athenas, Cic. Att. 15, 15, fin. III. The place: *fŏrum argentarium (?): or perh. băsĭlĭca: v. Dr. Smith's Lat. Dict. (basilicus).
exchange (v.) Copy link Outline 1. permūto, 12. mūto, 1 • exchange (v.): 1. permūto, 1: you have e.d names, nomina inter vos permutastis, Pl. Capt. 3, 5, 19: India e.s for these commodities her precious stones, India gemmis suis haec p., Plin. 2. mūto, 1: Faunus e.s Lycaeus for Lucretilis, Lucretilem m. Lycaeo Faunus, Hor. Od. 1, 17, init. (either one of the objects of exchange may be in the acc., the other being abl.): v. to change. Phr.: to e. hostages, obsides inter se dare, Cic.: to e. letters, *epistolarum commercium instituere (v. to correspond): to e. greetings, *inter se salutare (reciprocity being expr. by inter with refl. pron.).
EXCHANGE Copy link • EXCHANGEmutatio: permutatio: (☞ not commutatio, which means only “change,” “alteration,” in classical writers). To make an exchange [Vid: To EXCHANGE]. Exchange of money, collybus (☞ not cambium). To pay by a bill of exchange, permutare alicui pecuniam, etc.: by a bill of exchange payable at Athens; to give anybody a bill of exchange on Athens for his annual expenses, curare, ut permutetur Athenas quod sit in annuum sumptum alicui (Cic., Att., 15, 15, fin.). An exchange (place of business), basilica (roofed and with pillars, for the convenience of merchants, etc.): conciliabulumf (general term): *conciliabulum mercatorum: mercatus, us: *forum mercatorium.