auctōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (access. form auctōror, āri, Dig. 26, 8, 4; 27, 6, 9; App. M. 9, p. 225, 40; Tert. ad Scap. 1) [auctor].
- I. To become security for, to give a pledge as bondsman, Dig. 27, 6, 9; 26, 8, 4.
Trop., in the pass.: observatio satis auctorata consensūs patrocinio, confirmed, supported, Tert. Cor. Mil. 2.
- II. More freq. se auctorare, or pass. auctorari, to bind or oblige one’s self to something, to hire one’s self out for some service (mostly post-Aug.; never in Cic.): vindemitor auctoratus, Plin. 14, 1, 3, § 10.
Esp. of gladiators: Quid refert, uri virgis ferroque necari Auctoratus eas, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 59 (qui se vendunt ludo (gladiatorio) auctorati vocantur; auctoratio enim dicitur venditio gladiatorum, Acro): proximo munere inter novos auctoratos ferulis vapulare placet, Sen. Apocol.p.251 Bip.: auctoratus ob sepeliendum patrem, Quint. Decl. 302; Inscr. Orell. 4404.
Hence, in the pun: ipsum magis auctoratum populum Romanum circumferens, i. e. brought into greater danger than the gladiators, Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 117.
Hence,
- B. In gen., to bind: eo pignore velut auctoratum sibi proditorem ratus est, Liv. 36, 10; Manil. 5, 340.
- * C. Sibi mortem aliquā re, to bring death to one’s self by some means, Vell. 2, 30.
auctōror, āri, v. auctoro init.