Lewis & Short

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vēnālīcĭus or -tĭus, a, um, adj. [venalis], of or belonging to selling, for sale.

  1. I. In gen.
    1. A. Adj.: jumenta, Petr. 76.
    2. B. Subst.: vēnālīcĭum, ii, n., taxes on sales, Cod. Just. 12, 19, 4.
  2. II. In partic., of or belonging to slave-selling.
    1. A. Adj.: familiae, i. e. young slaves exposed for sale, Suet. Aug. 42; so, greges, Plin. 35, 18, 58, § 201.
    2. B. Substt.
      1. 1. vēnālīcĭus, ii, m., a slave-dealer, Cic. Or. 70, 232; Plin. 21, 26, 97, § 170; Suet. Rhet. 1.
      2. 2. vēnā-līcĭum, ii, n.
        1. a. Slave-selling, Dig. 21, 1, 65; Petr. 29; Inscr. Orell. 3023 and 4777.
        2. b. Plur., concr., young slaves, Dig. 28, 8, 5.