verb deponent transitive

pignĕror

2nd PP pignĕrārī · 3rd PP pignĕrātus · conj. 1st

to take as a pledge;

v. dep. a. [id.]. Lit., to take as a pledge; hence, trop.,

To make one's own; to appropriate •

To make one's own, to appropriate (rare but class.): Mars ipse ex acie fortissimum quemque pignerari solet, Cic. Phil. 14, 12, 32: maximas ingenii, consilii partes sibi ad utilitatem suam, id. Rep. 1, 4, 8 (cited in Non. 477, 31 sq.): fidem militum praemio pigneratus, Suet. Claud. 10.—

To accept as certain •

To accept as certain: quod das mihi, pigneror, omen, Ov. M. 7, 621.

Perseus ID: n36285 Key: pigneror