vendibilis

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

vendĭbĭlis, e, adj. [vendo], that may be sold, salable, vendible.

I Lit.: via vendibilis Herculanea multarum deliciarum et magnae pecuniae, Cic. Agr. 2, 14, 36; so, fundus, Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 47: merx, Plin. 32, 2, 11, § 23: proles, Col. 7, 6 fin.—Comp. : ager, Varr. R. R. 1, 4, 2; Ap. Met. 8, 23, 9.—

II Trop., acceptable , agreeable , popular : nam ut sint illa vendibiliora, haec uberiora certe sunt, Cic. Fin. 1, 4, 12: vendibilis orator, id. Brut. 47, 174: (C. Visellius Varro) populo non erat satis vendibilis, id. ib. 76, 264: oratio, id. Lael. 25, 96: puella, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 10. —* Adv.: vendĭbĭlĭter , salably; pleasantly , Hier. Ep. 130, 18.

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