Venâlis, & hoc venâle, pen, pro. Ci. That is set to sale. Venalis.Salust.That doth al for money: that wil be brybed and sel his faith and troth.Venalis afcriptor. C. One that is cortupted with mony.Amicæ venales ad munus. Propert. To be had for money.Animæ venales. Sil. Men that serning in warre vÊter their liues for money. Campus venalis. Lucan. Dextram venalem in prælia adferre. Sil. Eloquium venale.Stat. Habere fidem venalem. Ci. Proponere fidem venalem. Ci. To offer to sel his faith and troth for bribes and money.Iura venalia auro. Proper. Right to be sold and betrayed for bribes and money.Lingua venalis. Lucan. That wil speake what one wil for money.Otium non gemmis venale, nec auro. Hor. Pueri venales.Cic. Venales. Quint. Seruaunts set to be sold.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
vēnālis, e, adj. [2. venus], of or belonging to selling, to be sold, for sale, purchasable.I.Lit.A. In gen.: aedes, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 67: aedis venalis hasce inscribit litteris, id. Trin. 1, 2, 131: horti, Cic. Off. 3, 14, 58: venales ac proscriptae possessiones, id. Agr. 3, 4, 15: cibus uno asse, Plin. 19, 4, 19, 54: ut ne opera quidem pistoria proponi venalia sinerent, Suet. Tib. 34: essedum, id. Claud. 16: cibumque coctum venalem proponi vetuit, Val. Max. 2, 7, 2: vox, i. e.
of a public crier
, Cic. Quint. 3, 13: otium non gemmis venale, Hor. C. 2, 16, 7: postremo dixisse (Jugurtham), Urbem venalem et mature perituram, si emptorem invenerit, Sall. J. 35, 10: ubi non sit, quo deferri possit venale, non expediat colere (hortos), Varr. R. R. 1, 16, 3: familia, i. e.
a gang of slaves for sale
, Quint. 7, 2, 26.—B. In partic.: vēnālis, is, m., a young slave offered for sale, Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 4; id. Rud. 4, 3, 35; id. Trin. 2, 2, 51 al.; Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 56, 146; Sen. Ben. 4, 13, 3; id. Ep. 80, 8; Hor. S. 1, 1, 47; Plin. 35, 17, 57, 199; cf. Quint. 8, 2, 8.—Hence, Caesărī vēnāles (or as one word, Caesărĭvēnāles), ium, m., a name given to the inhabitants of Castulo, in Spain, Plin. 3, 3, 4, 25.—II.Transf., that can be bought by bribes or presents, venal: quae ipse semper habuit venalia, fidem, jus jurandum, veritatem, officium, religionem, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 62, 144: fidem cum proposuisses venalem in provinciā, id. ib. 2, 2, 32, 78: juris dictio, id. ib. 2, 2, 48, 119: multitudo pretio, Liv. 35, 50, 4: amicae ad munus, Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 21: cena, Mart. 3, 60, 1: animae, Sil. 15, 500: amici, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 28.