subhasto

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

sŭb-hasto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [sub-hasta],

to sell by public auction (jurid. Lat. for hastae subicio, palam vendo): res pignori datas. Cod. Just. 7, 53, 3; Sol. 10, 4.