liceor

lĭcĕor, lĭcĭtus, 2, v. dep. n. and a. [root lic-; v. 1. liceo], to bid on goods at an auction (class.).

(α).

Absol.:

licetur Aebutius,

Cic. Caecin. 6, 16:

liciti sunt usque adeo, quoad, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 33, § 77:

digito liceri (because, in bidding, the finger was raised),

id. ib. 2, 3, 11, §

27: omnia Aeduorum vectigalia parvo pretio redemta habere, propterea, quod illo licente, contra liceri audeat nemo,

to bid against, Caes. B. C. 1, 18:

immoderatius liceri,

Suet. Caes. 20:

nec licendi finem factum,

id. Calig. 38.—

(β).

Act., to bid for, make an offer for.—With acc.:

heredes Scapulae si istos hortos liceri cogitant,

to bid on the gardens, Cic. Att. 12, 38, 4; so,

hortos liceri,

Plin. Pan. 50:

et centum Graecos curto centusse licetur,

Pers. 5, 191. —

* II.

Trop., to appraise, estimate, value:

tunc avidi matronam oculi licentur,

appraise her, reckon at what price she can be robbed of her honor, Plin. 14, 22, 28, § 141.