mercor

mercor ātus, ārī, dep.

merx, to trade, traffic, deal in, buy, purchase : agrum, T.: (eunuchum) Thaïdi, for Thais , T.: fundum de pupillo: hortos, H.: hanc (segetem), Iu.—Fig.: officia mercanda vitā, to be purchased with life : Hoc magno mercentur Atridae, would pay highly for , V.