Lewis & Short

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1. vīlĭco (villĭco; perf. and sup. perh. not found), āre, 1, v. n. and a.; and vīlĭ-cor, ātus sum, āri, 1., v. dep. [vilicus].

  1. I. Neutr.
    1. A. To act as bailiff, overseer; to superintend (prop. of a country estate).
      1. 1. Form vilico: dispensare rem publicam, et in eā quodammodo vilicare, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5.
      2. 2. Form vincor: non vilicari, sed dominari mea est sententia, Pomp. ap. Non. p. 186, 2 (Com. Rel. v. 45 Rib.): longe ab urbe vilicari, quo erus rarenter venit, id. ib. p. 186, 1: hic vilicor ante urbem: nunc rus eo, Turp. ap. Non. p. 186, 7 (Com. Rel. v. 82 Rib.).
    2. B. Transf., to live or reside in the country.
      1. 1. Absol.: in Arpinos jam … explodam hominem, ut vilicetur, Afran. ap. Non. p. 186, 5.
      2. 2. With adv. of place: ego nondum etiam hic vilicabar, Turp. ap. Non. p. 186, 7.
      3. 3. With abl.: vilicatus praediis, Aus. Ep. 22, 1.
  2. II. Act., to manage an estate, etc., as a bailiff, etc.: possessionem maximam illam vilicabat, App. M. 8, p. 211, 20.