oppignero

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

oppignĕro (obp-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [ob-pignero], to give as a pledge, to pledge, pawn (rare but class.).

I Lit.: libelli pro vino etiam saepe oppignerabantur, Cic. Sest. 51, 110: anulum, Mart. 2, 57, 7.—

II Trop.: filiam. Ter. Heaut. 794: verbo se oppignerare, Sen. Ben. 3, 5, 2.

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