noun

mănŭprĕtĭum

gen. mănŭprĕtii · gender neuter · decl. 2nd

(; and as two words, and ; v. Weissenb. ad Liv. 34, 7, 4), , 1. manus-pretium

a workman's; artist's pay, wages

a workman's or artist's pay, wages.

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Lit.: manupretium dabo, Plaut. Men. 3, 3, 17: in auro, praeter manus pretium, nihil intertrimenti fit, Liv. 34, 7: ex manipretio cujusque signi denarios deponere aureos singulos, Plin. 34, 7, 17, § 37.—

pay, reward figuratively •

Trop., pay, reward: manupretium perditae civitatis, Cic. Pis. 24, 57: castrensium laborum tarda manupretia, Sen. Ep. 101, 6.—

the value of the work; the workmanship by extension •

Transf., the value of the work in a thing made by art, the workmanship (opp. to the material; postclass.): manupretium dicitur, ubi non tam materiae ratio, quam manus atque artis ducitur, Ps. - Ascon. ap. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147: plerumque plus est in manus pretio, quam in re, Dig. 50, 16, 13.

Perseus ID: n27976 Key: manupretium