auctio

auctĭo, ōnis, f. [augeo].

• An increasing, increase, αὔξησις: auctio frumenti et tributorum, Tac. Agr. 19: dierum, Macr. S. 1, 14: rerum crescentium, Paul. ex Fest. p. 17 Müll.—
• II A sale by increase of bids, a public sale, auction. Auctions were held either in an open place, or in particular rooms or halls, called atria auctionaria (v. auctionarius), or simply atria (Juv. 7, 7). There was a spear (hasta) set up therein, as the legal sign of the sale, like our red flag; the price was called out by a crier (praeco), and the article sold was adjudged to the highest bidder by the magistrate who was present. A money-broker (argentarius) was also present to note down the price and receive the money or security for it; v. Smith, Dict. Antiq. (this is the class. signif. of the word): auctionem facere, Plaut. Men. 5, 9, 91 (1150)-94; so id. Poen. 1, 3, 2 (411); 5, 6, 27 (1364); id. Stich. 2, 2, 60 (384); Cic. Quinct. 4; id. Att. 12, 3 al.: Dicam auctionis causam, ut animo gaudeant, Ipse egomet quam ob rem auctionem praedicem, announce, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 55 (209); so, auctionis diem obire, Cic. Att. 13, 14: proscribere, id. ib. 13, 37; and proponere, Quint. 6, 3, 99: proferre, to defer, adjourn, Cic. Att. 13, 13: amplissima praedia ex auctionibus hastae minimo addixit, by the sales of the spear, i. e. by auctions (v. supra), Suet. Caes. 50 (cf.: praebere caput dominā venale sub hastā, Juv. 3, 33): auctio hereditaria constituta, Cic. Caecin. 5: auctionis tabula, id. Agr. 2, 25 (v. auctionalis): auctio fortunae regiae, Liv. 2, 14: vendere aliquid in auctione, by auction, Plin. 29, 4, 30, § 96: res in auctione venit, Gai. 4, 126: ex auctione rem emere, Dig. 31, 4, 2, § 8: auctionem dimittere, Quint. 11, 2, 24. —
• • B Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), goods to be sold by auction: cum auctionem venderet, Cic. Quinct. 5, 19 (B. and K.; others, auctione).

auctio, ōnis, f. (augeo), I) = αὔξησις, die Vermehrung, auctio dierum (Ggstz. retractio), Macr. sat. 1, 15. § 1: rerum crescentium, Paul. ex Fest. 17, 17. – II) insbes., die Versteigerung, Auktion, 1) eig.: anulus in auctione venalis, Plin.: rationes auctionis et partitio, Cic.: tabula Neratianae auctionis, Cic.: funesta illa auctio, Cic.: auctio hereditaria, Cic. u. Apul.: auctio fortunae regiae, Liv.: auctionem facere, Plaut., Cic. u.a. (vgl. auctio fiet Menaechmi mane sane septimi, Plaut.): auctionem ornamentorum imperialium facere, Capit.: auctionem rerum hereditariarum facere, ICt.: auctionem constituere, Cic., instituere, spät. ICt.: auctionem praedicare, Plaut.: auctionem proscribere, Cic.: auctionem proponere, Quint. u. Suet.: auctionem proferre, Cic.: auctionem prohibere, Cic.: auctionem dimittere, Quint.: auctionis diem obire, Cic.: auctioni Sexti operam dare (anstellen), Cic.: sedere in auctione, Suet.: in auctione persedere diem totum, Sen. rhet.: in auctione liceri, Sen. rhet.: alqd sub auctione licitari, ICt.: familiam supellectilemque et omnia iumenta ad hereditariam deducere auctionem, Apul.: vendere alqd in auctione, Plin.: constitutā auctione vendere alqd, Cic.: in auctione venire (verkauft werden, weggehen), ICt.: vix credo auctione totā capiet (wird lösen) quinquagesiens, Plaut.: si in auctione praedictum est, ne etc., ICt. – Plur., perquisitores auctionum, Plaut. Stich. 385: circulator quidam auctionum notissimus, Asin. Pollio in Cic. ep. 10, 32, 3: ducentesima auctionum, ein halb Prozent vom Erlös aus den Aukt., Suet. Cal. 16: addicta avorum praedia foedis sub auctionibus, Prud. perist. 2, 77: auctiones facere, Plaut. Epid. 235; Stich. 384. – 2) meton., das Auktionsgut, auctionem vendere, Cic. Quinct. 19.

auctio [CL] , auction sale. b enlargement, supplement. ~o, puplica venditio GlC A 913; auctio dum decuplat asses, decrescere sentit / pregnantem loculum Parisiana cohors Garl. Epith. II 209.  b autio, crementum GlC A 926; 1549 statutis illis nostris ‥ haec paucula, seu interpretationes, seu emendationes, seu ~ones denique, adjicienda praecipimus StatOx 358.

auctĭō, (10) ōnis, f. (augeo), ¶ 1 enchère, vente publique, encan : auctionem facere Cic. Phil. 5, 11, etc.; instituere Cic. Att. 7, 3, 9 ; constituere Cic. Amer. 23, etc., faire une vente aux enchères ; proferre Cic. Att. 13, 12, 4, la différer ; proscribere Cic. Agr. 1, 4, lʼafficher ; auctio hereditaria Cic. Cæc. 13, vente des biens dʼune succession || auctionem vendere Cic. Quinct. 19, procéder à une vente [en tant que crieur public] ¶ 2 [rare] augmentation, accroissement : P. Fest. 17 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 14, 1.

auctio , onis. f. v. auctionor.
Auctionem facere 奉官賣。

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auctiō ōnis, f

• AVG-, an increase: frumenti, Ta.—A sale by increasing bids, auction, public sale: auctionem constituere: vendere, to hold: fortunae regiae, L.: in auctione vēnire.

AUCTIO

AU´CTIOsignifies generally an increasing, an enhancement, and hence the name is applied to a public sale of goods, at which persons bid against one another. The term auctio is general, and comprehends the species auctio, bonorum emptio, and sectio. As a species, auctio signifies a public sale of goods by the owner or his agent, or a sale of goods of a deceased person for the purpose of dividing the money among those entitled to it, which was called auctio hereditaria (Cic. pro Caecin. 5, 13). The sale was sometimes conducted by an argentarius, or by a magister auctionis; and the time, place, and conditions of sale were announced either by a public notice (tabula, album), or by a crier (praeco).

The usual phrases to express the giving notice of a sale are auctionem proscribere, praedicare; and to determine on a sale, auctionem consti<*>uere. The purchasers (emptores), when assembled, were sometimes said ad tabulam adesse. The phrases signifying to bid are liceri, licitari, which was done either by word of mouth, or by such significant hints as are known to all people who have attended an auction. The property was said to be knocked down (addici) to the purchaser, who either entered into an engagement to pay the money to the argentarius or magister, or it was sometimes a condition of sale that there should be no delivery of the thing before payment (Gaius, 4.126: actio). An entry was made in the books of the argentarius of the sale and the money due, and credit was given in the same books to the purchaser when he paid the money (expensa pecunia lata, accepta relata). Thus the book of the argentarius might be used as evidence for the purchaser, both of his having made a purchase, and having paid for the thing purchased. If the money was not paid according to the conditions of sale, the argentarius could sue for it.

The praeco or crier seems to have acted the part of the modern auctioneer, so far as calling out the biddings (Cic. de Off. 2.2. 3, 83) and amusing the company. Slaves, when sold by auction, were placed on a stone or other elevated thing, as used sometimes to be the case when slaves were sold in the United States; and hence the phrase homo de lapide emptus. It was usual to put up a spear (hasta) in auctions; a symbol derived, it is said, from the ancient practice of selling under a spear the booty acquired in war. Hence the phrase sub haste vendere (Cic. de Off. 2.8, 27) signified an auction. The expression asta pubblica is now used in Italy to signify an auction: the expression is vendere all‘ asta pubblica or vendere per subasta. [BONORUM EMPTIO; SECTIO. ]

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Auctio

signifies generally “an increasing, an enhancement,” and hence the name is applied to a public sale of goods, at which persons bid against one another. As a species, auctio signifies a public sale of goods by the owner or his agent, or a sale of goods of a deceased person for the purpose of dividing the money among those entitled to it, which was called auctio hereditaria. The sale was sometimes conducted by an argentarius, or by a magister auctionis; and the time, place, and conditions of sale were announced either by a public notice (tabula, album), or by a crier (praeco).

The usual phrases to express the notification of a sale are auctionem proscribere, praedicare; and to determine on a sale, auctionem constituere. The purchasers (emptores), when assembled, were sometimes said ad tabulam adesse. The phrases signifying to bid are liceri, licitari, which was done either by word of mouth or by such significant hints as are known to all people who have attended an auction. The property was said to be knocked down (addici) to the purchaser. An entry was made in the books of the argentarius of the sale and the money due, and credit was given in the same books to the purchaser when he paid the money (expensa pecunia lata, accepta relata). Thus the book of the argentarius might be used as evidence for the purchaser, both of his having made a purchase and having paid for the thing purchased. If the money was not paid according to the conditions of sale, the argentarius could sue for it.

The praeco or crier seems to have acted the part of the modern auctioneer, so far as calling out the biddings and amusing the company. Slaves, when sold by auction, were placed on a stone or other elevated thing, and hence the phrase homo de lapide emptus. It was usual to put up a spear (hasta) in auctions—a symbol derived, it is said, from the ancient practice of selling under a spear the booty acquired in war. The term asta publica is used in Italy at the present time to signify an auction. By the auctio, the Quiritary ownership in the thing sold was transferred to the purchaser. See Bonorum Emptio; Sectio.