vīlico (villico; perf. and sup. perh. not found), āre, 1, v. n. and a.; and vīli-cor, ātus sum, āri, 1., v. dep. vilicus. Neutr. To act as bailiff, overseer; to superintend (prop. of a country estate). Form vilico: dispensare rem publicam, et in eā quodammodo vilicare, Cic. Rep. 5, 3, 5.

— 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.).

— Transf., to live or reside in the country. Absol.: in Arpinos jam ... explodam hominem, ut vilicetur, Afran. ap. Non. p. 186, 5.

— With adv. of place: ego nondum etiam hic vilicabar, Turp. ap. Non. p. 186, 7.

— With abl.: vilicatus praediis, Aus. Ep. 22, 1.

— Act., to manage an estate, etc., as a bailiff, etc.: possessionem maximam illam vilicabat, App. M. 8, p. 211, 20.