auctōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (access. form auctōror, āri, Dig. 26, 8, 4; 27, 6, 9; Ap. Met. 9, 19, 17; Tert. ad Scap. 1) [auctor].
I To become security for , to give a pledge as bondsman , Dig. 27, 6, 9; 26, 8, 4.—Trop., in the pass. : observatio satis auctorata consensūs patrocinio, confirmed , supported , Tert. Cor. Mil. 2.—
II More freq. se auctorare, or pass. auctorari, to bind or oblige one’s self to something, to hire one’s self out for some service (mostly post-Aug.; never in Cic.): vindemitor auctoratus, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10.—Esp. of gladiators: Quid refert, uri virgis ferroque necari Auctoratus eas, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 59 (qui se vendunt ludo (gladiatorio) auctorati vocantur; auctoratio enim dicitur venditio gladiatorum, Acro): proximo munere inter novos auctoratos ferulis vapulare placet, Sen. Apocol. 9, 3 Bip.: auctoratus ob sepeliendum patrem, Quint. Decl. 302; Inscr. Orell. 4404.—Hence, in the pun: ipsum magis auctoratum populum Romanum circumferens, i. e. brought into greater danger than the gladiators , Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.—Hence,
B In gen., to bind : eo pignore velut auctoratum sibi proditorem ratus est, Liv. 36, 10; Manil. 5, 340.— *
C Sibi mortem aliquā re, to bring death to one’s self by some means , Vell. 2, 30.