sŭb-hasto

āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

sub-hasta

I. to sell by public auction (jurid. Lat. for hastae subicio, palam vendo): res pignori datas. Cod. Just. 7, 53, 3; Sol. 10, 4.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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