auctionor

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

auctĭōnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [auctio].

I Neutr. , to hold an auction or public sale , make a sale by auction : ut in atriis auctionariis potius quam in triviis aut in compitis auctionentur, Cic. Agr. 1, 3: ait se auctionatum esse in Galliā, id. Quinct. 6, 23: Rullum hastā positā cum suis formosis finitoribus auctionantem, id. Agr. 2, 20: difficultates auctionandi proponere, Caes. B. C. 3, 20, 3.—*

II As v. a., to buy at auction : bona condemnatorum, Ascon. ad Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 23.

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