păcisco, ĕre, 3, v. n. and a. [collat. form of dep. paciscor, q. v.],
I to agree , contract , bargain , covenant (class. only in perf. part. pass. ): id quoque paciscunt, Naev. ap. Non. 474, 17: paciscit, obsides ut reddant, id. ib. 18.
II —Hence, pactus , a, um, in pass. signif., agreed upon , settled , determined , covenanted , stipulated (class.).
A In gen.: pactum pretium, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 107: pacta praemia, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2: dies, id. Cat. 1, 9, 24: merces, Hor. C. 3, 3, 22: foedus, Cic. Sest. 14, 33: cum hoste pactae induciae, id. Off. 1, 10, 33.—In the abl. absol. : quidam pacto inter se ut victorem res sequeretur, ferro decreverunt, by agreement , Liv. 28, 21, 5; Sil. 14, 97.—
B In partic., betrothed : haec tibi pacta'st Callicli filia, Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 59: cujus filio pacta est Artavasdis filia, Cic. Att. 5, 21, 2: alii pacta puella, Tac. A. 1, 55: Turnus, cui pacta Lavinia fuerat, Liv. 1, 2: conjux, Verg. A. 10, 722.—Hence, as subst.
1 pacta , ae, f., a betrothed woman : gremiis abducere pactas, Verg. A. 10, 79: pacta ejus, Menelai filia, Vell. 1, 1, 3; Juv. 6, 200.—
2 pactus , i, m., a betrothed husband , a man engaged or promised in marriage : proles Amissum didicere patrem, Marpissaque pactum, Stat. Th. 3, 172.—
3 pactum , i, n., an agreement , covenant , contract , stipulation , compact , pact (cf.: conventio, pactio, obligatio): pactum est, quod inter aliquos convenit, Cic. Inv. 2, 22, 68; cf. Auct. Her. 2, 13, 20: pacta et promissa semperne servanda sint, Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92: mansit in condicione atque pacto, id. Verr. 1, 6, 16: pacti et conventi formula, id. Caecin. 18, 51; cf.: ex pacto et convento, id. Att. 6, 3, 1: pacta conventaque, Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1: stare pacto, Liv. 9, 11: pactum violans, Vulg. Mal. 2, 10 et saep.—Hence (eccl. Lat.), the covenant of God : dereliquerunt pactum Domini, Vulg. Deut. 29, 25; id. 3 Reg. 11, 11; id. 2 Par. 6, 14.—Poet.: sacrum, i. e. a marriagecontract , Val. Fl. 8, 401; cf. Juv. 6, 25.—
β Transf., in gen., abl. pacto (like ratione and modo), manner , way , means (class.): percontat Aeneas, quo pacto Troiam urbem liquerit, Naev. Bell. Pun. 2, 1: si non fecero ei male aliquo pacto, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 27; id. Am. prol. 137: nescio quo pacto semper hoc fit, how , Cic. Mur. 21, 43; id. Quint. 17: non tacebo umquam alio pacto, nisi, etc., Plaut. Rud. 5, 3, 46: aliquo pacto verba his dabo, Ter. Heaut. 735: quoquo pacto tacito est opus, id. Ad. 342: si nullo alio pacto, id. Phorm. 301: alio pacto docere, Cic. Inv. 1, 21, 30: fieri nullo pacto potest, ut, etc., id. Fin. 1, 8, 27; Ter. And. 247: servi mei si me isto pacto metuerent, Cic. Cat. 1, 7, 17; Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 10; 1, 8, 13: hoc pacto, Verg. G. 2, 248.