pollĭcĭtor, ātus, 1, v. freq. a. and n. [polliceor],
to promise (mostly ante- and post-class.; not in Cic. or Caes.): pro capite argentum, Plaut. Rud. 4, 2, 24: operam suam alicui, id. Mil. 3, 3, 6; Dig. 50, 12, 6. — Absol. : ego te complures menses tuli Pollicitantem, nihil ferentem, Ter. Phorm. 520: sollicitando et pollicitando, id. And. 912: largiundo atque pollicitando magis incendere, Sall. C. 38, 1; id. J. 8, 1.