cŏëmptiōnālis (in MSS. also contracted cōmptiōnālis; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 135), e, adj. [coëmptio],
pertaining to a sham sale or a sham marriage : senex, who was made use of in such a performance (cf. Cic.Mur. 12, 27); accordingly, poor , worthless ,Plaut.Bacch. 4, 9, 52.—Of a low kind of slaves, Cur. ap. Cic.Fam. 7, 29, 1.