reward (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. praemium (a r. as a mark of honour)2. merces, ēdis, f. (prop. wages)3. prĕtium (a price paid4. hŏnor or hŏnos5. indĭcium (a r. for information given)6. commŏdum (wages for public service)7. mĕrĭtum (very rare) • reward (subs.): 1. praemium (a r. as a mark of honour): r.s are offered to virtues, punishments to vices, p. proposita sunt virtutibus, et supplicia vitiis, Cic. de Or. 1, 58, 247: a very splendid r., amplissimum p., id. Mil. 35, 97: to be entitled to a r., p. mereri, Caes. B. G. 7, 34: to enrich with r.s, praemiis augere, Tac. A. 1, 42: to get a r., p. consequi, Caes. B. G. 1, 43. the fruits of our toils, the r.s of our dangers, fructus laborum, p. periculorum, Cic. Pis. 26, 63. 2. merces, ēdis, f. (prop. wages): to bargain for a large r., magna mercede pacisci, Liv. 25, 33: Hor.: glory, the r. of exploits, gloria, m. rerum gestarum, Cic. Off. 1, 19, 65. Dimin.: mercēdŭla: tempted by a trifling r., mercedula adductus id. de Or. 1, 45, 198. 3. prĕtium (a price paid: hence a r. due): the r. of the contest, p. certaminis, Ov. H. 16, 261: to carry off a r., p. ferre, Juv. 13, 105: Join: p. atque merces, Cic. Verr. 5, 20, 50. 4. hŏnor or hŏnos: to offer two r.s, proponere h. geminum, Virg. Aen. 5, 365: (a physician's fee, Cic. Fam. 16, 9, 3). 5. indĭcium (a r. for information given): Cic. Rosc. Am. 37, 107. 6. commŏdum (wages for public service): v. wages. 7. mĕrĭtum (very rare): App. M. 8, p. 214. (N.B.--Rĕmūnĕrātio is the act of repaying, giving a r.; cf. Cic. Inv. 1, 22, 66.) Phr.: to stipulate for a r., praemiari, Suet. Tit. 7: a r. of grain (in early times), adorea, Plin. 18, 3, 3, ad fin.
reward (v.) Copy link Outline 1. expr. usu. by a phr. with praemium2. rĕmūnĕror, 13. compenso, 1 • reward (v.): 1. expr. usu. by a phr. with praemium: to r. any one, praemio afficere aliquem, Cic. Balb. 9, 23; donare, id. Rosc. Am. 37, 108; decorare, id. de Or. 1, 43, 194: if the r. is promised or customary, p. persolvere alicui, id. Coel. 29, 68; deferre, id. Fl. 1, 1; reddere, Phaedr. 3, Epil., 8: if he were r.d, si sibi p. foret, Liv. 24, 45, ad init. 2. rĕmūnĕror, 1: to r. any one handsomely, r. aliquem magno praemio, Caes. B. G. 1, 44, ad fin.: to r. any one for his deserts, r. meritum (alicujus), Liv. 2, 12: I must consider how I can r. you, considerandum est quonam te remunerer genere, Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 3. Phr.: to r. virtue, virtutem honorare, Liv. 2, 13: to r. his deserts, pro meritis gratiam referre, Nep. Them. 8, 7. 3. compenso, 1: our toils are r.'d with glory, labores nostri gloria compensati sunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 4, 14: v. recompense.
REWARD Copy link • REWARD 1. s. The act of rewarding, remuneratio, for anything, alicujus rei (a repaying). A thing given as a reward, praemium: pretium (☞ praemium is a prize that confers distinction on the receiver, as a reward; opposed to poena; whereas pretium is a price for the discharge of a debt, as a payment): honos (reward of honor): merces (pay for services performed): fructus (produce of pains and exertion: ☞ praemiolum, common in modern writers, is without authority). To give or receive a reward [Vid. REWARD, v.] : to expect a reward for one’s services from anyone, pretium meriti ab aliquo desiderare: to propose a reward for anything, praemium alicujus rei proponere. 2. v. praemium alicui dare, tribuere, persolvere: praemium alicui deferre: praemio aliquem afficere, donare (general term to give a reward): praemio aliquem ornare or decorare (to distinguish by a reward): remunerari aliquem praemio (to remunerate by a reward). To reward with money, praemia rei pecuniariae alicui tribuere: to reward richly, praemium alicui dare amplissimum; amplis praemiis aliquem afficere: to reward merit, virtutem honorare: to reward one according to his desert, meritum praemium alicui persolvere: to be rewarded, praemium consequi; praemio donari: for anything, praemium or fructum alicujus rei capere, percipere, ferre: by anyone, fructus alicujus rei ferre ex aliquo: I consider myself richly rewarded, magnum rei fructum percepisse videor.