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LEM

manceps, mancipis

manus

CAP-

noun (m., 3^rd declension)

one who takes formal possession, a legal purchaser
a purchaser by lifting the hand, buyer at auction
a public contractor, farmer of revenues
a contractor

Abbreviations

manceps ipis, m manus+CAP-, one who takes formal possession, a legal purchaser: manceps fit Chrysogonus.

—A purchaser by lifting the hand, buyer at auction: pecuniam mancipibus dedi.

—A public contractor, farmer of revenues: mancipes a civitatibus pecuniam exegerunt: nullius rei, N.

—A contractor: si res abiret ab eo mancipe, contractor for building.