manceps

manceps, ĭpis, m. [manus-capio], a purchaser of any thing at a public auction, a renter, farmer, contractor, etc. (syn.: redemtor, exactor).

I.

Lit.: manceps dicitur, qui quid a populo emit conducitve, quia manu sublata significat se auctorem emptionis esse: qui idem praes dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 151 Müll.:

postremo ne in praedae quidem societate mancipem aut praedem... reperire potuisti,

Cic. Dom. 18, 48:

si res abiret ab eo mancipe, quem ipse apposuisset,

contractor for building, id. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141:

hominis studiosissimi nobilitatis manceps fit Chrysogonus,

the purchaser, id. Rosc. Am. 8, 21:

mancipes a civitatibus pro frumento pecuniam exegerunt,

the contractors with the government, farmers, id. Div. in Caecil. 10, 33; id. Dom. 10, 25:

nullius rei neque praes neque manceps,

Nep. Att. 6, 3:

aliquis praevalens annonam flagellet,

i. e. a forestaller, speculator, Plin. 33, 13, 57, § 164:

sutrinae,

a keeper of a stall, id. 10, 43, 60, § 122; Plin. Ep. 3, 19:

operarum,

one who hires laborers to let them out again, Suet. Vesp. 1;

itinera fraude mancipum et incuria magistratuum interrupta,

a farmer of the revenue, farmer-general, Tac. A. 3, 31:

VIAE APPIAE,

Inscr. Orell. 3221.—

II.

Transf.

A.

A surety, bondsman, bail, = praes:

ego mancipem te nihil moror,

Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 29.—

* B.

One who hires people to applaud:

conducti et redempti mancipes,

Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 4.—

* C.

The owner, proprietor, or possessor of a thing:

deus et manceps divinitatis,

Tert. Apol. 11.—

D.

A master, chief: carceris, i. e. jailer, Prud. steph. 5, 345; Tert. de Spect. 10.