auctōrāmentum, i, n. [auctoro].
I That which binds or obliges to the performance of certain services; hence (in concr.), a contract , stipulation : illius turpissimi auctoramenti (sc. gladiatorii) verba sunt; uri, vinciri ferroque necari, Sen. Ep. 37.— More freq.,
II That for which one binds himself to some service or duty (as that of soldiers, gladiators, etc.), wages , pay , hire , reward.
A Lit.: est in illis ipsa merces, auctoramentum servitutis, * Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150; so Tert. Apol. 39: rudiariis revocatis auctoramento centenūm milium, Suet. Tib. 7: jugulati civis Romani auctoramentum, Vell. 2, 28, 3; 2, 66, 3.—
B Trop., reward : nullum sine auctoramento malum est, Sen. Ep. 69: discriminis, Eum. Pan. ad Constant. 12.