sell (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.1. vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (gen. term)2. vēnundo, dedi, dătum, 1 (chiefly of the sale of captured slaves)3. vēneo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4; also vēnum eo (as pass. correl. to vendo, to go for sale, be sold)4. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3; like divendo (to s. by retail or in lots)5. submŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (to get rid of by s.ing off)II. Intrans. • sell (v.): I. Trans.: 1. vendo, dĭdi, dĭtum, 3 (gen. term): to s. for more or less, v. pluris aut minoris, Cic. Off. 3, 12, 51. For similar phrr., as to s. at a high or a low price, see L. G. § 281: Caesar sold into slavery a whole section of that town, sectionem ejus oppidi universam Caesar vendidit, Caes. B. G. 2, 33, fin. Fig.: when you had sold yourself to king Cottus for 300 talents, quum te trecentis talentis regi Cotto vendidisses, Cic. in Pis. 34, 84: this man sold his country for gold, vendidit hic auro patriam, Virg. Aen. 6, 621. Frequent. vendito, 1 (to offer for sale over and over again, to try to s.): he is trying to s. his estate at Tusculum, to buy if he can the house of ..., Tusculanum venditat ut, si possit, emat ... domum, Cic. Att. 1, 14, 8: he was trying to s. his fish-ponds for a large sum of money, piscinas grandi aere venditabat, Col. 8, 16, 5. Comp. dīvendo (to s. in lots: rare): to s. in lots the property of the Roman people, bona populi Romani divendere, Cic. Agr. 1, 3, 7: their goods having been sold in lots, bonis eorum divenditis, Tac. A. 6, 17. 2. vēnundo, dedi, dătum, 1 (chiefly of the sale of captured slaves): the Numidian adults were put to death, all the rest were sold for slaves, Numidae puberes interfecti, alii omnes venundati, Sall. J. 91. to s. prisoners under the law, captivos sub lege venundare, Suet. Aug. 21, ad fin. Fig.: to s. a sentence, sententiam venundare, Tac. A. 11, 22, extr. 3. vēneo, īvi and ĭi, ĭtum, 4; also vēnum eo (as pass. correl. to vendo, to go for sale, be sold): the slaves, the furniture, the farms, and the house will be sold, servi, supellex, fundi, aedes venibunt, Pl. Men. 5, 9, 96: he answered that he had rather be robbed by a fellow-citizen, than sold by an enemy, respondit se a cive spoliari malle quam ab hoste venire, Quint. 12, 1, 43. 4. distrăho, xi, ctum, 3; like divendo (to s. by retail or in lots): to s. stock (furniture) in lots, instrumentum distrahere, Suet. Calig. 39: to s. fields in lots, agros distrahere, Tac. A. 6, 17. 5. submŏveo, mōvi, mōtum, 2 (to get rid of by s.ing off): to s. off sheep, oves submovere, Col. 7, 3, 14: cf. id. 7, 4, 3. II. Intrans.: vēneo, 4 (also as two words, vēnum eo): because the rare bird will s. for gold, quia veneat auro rara avis, Hor. S. 2, 2, 25: at what prices do pigs s.? quibus pretiis porci veneunt? Pl. Men. 2, 2, 15. In the same sense occurs also esse (lit. to be at such a price): salt was s.ing at the sixth of an as, sextante sal fuit, Liv. 29, 37, init.; cf. Ter. Ad. 5, 9, 20 (quanti servus est).
SELL Copy link • SELLTransitively, vendere: divendere (to see in parcels or lots, to see single articles): venum dare (to expose for sale): venditare (to offer for sale). To be sold, vendi; venire (to go for money); venum ire (to be exposed for sale). To sell one’s self, se venditare (to undertake a service or burden for pay); se auctorare (to bind one’s self, by receiving money, to the performance of a service; as in the case of a gladiator contracting with the lanista, ad aliquem, ad aliquid): to sell one’s self to anyone, se vendere alicui (PROP., or figuratively); pecuniam accipere ab aliquo (to receive a bribe): to sell one’s country, alicui patriam venditare: to be selling off, divendere; distrahere; foras, quidquid habeo, vendo (Plaut., Stich., 1, 3, 67). Intransitively, vendi: venire