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adjective

cŏëmptiōnālis

neut. cŏëmptiōnāle
(in MSS. also contracted ; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 135), , coëmptio
pertaining to a sham sale; a sham marriage; who was made use of in such a performance •
pertaining to a sham sale or a sham marriage: senex, who was made use of in such a performance (cf. Cic. Mur. 12, 27); accordingly, poor, worthless, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 52.—Of a low kind of slaves, Cur. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1.
Perseus ID: n8867 Key: coemptionalis