verb deponent

lĭcĭtor

2nd PP lĭcĭtārī · 3rd PP lĭcĭtātus · conj. 1st

to offer a price, to bid

to offer a price, to bid for any thing (ante- and postclass.).

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Lit.: ut ne licitare advorsum animi mei sententiam, Plaut. Merc. 2, 3, 104.—

to contend, fight by extension

Transf., to contend, fight: licitati in mercando sive pugnando contendentes, Paul. ex Fest. p. 116 Müll.: inter se licitantur, Enn. ap. Non. 134, 14 (Ann. v. 77 Vahl.): licitari machaerā adversum aliquem, Caecil. ap. Non. 134, 16 (Com. Fragm. v. 69 Rib.).

Perseus ID: n26562 Key: licitor