The Speech of Pyrrhus NEC mi aurum posco nec mi pretium dederitis: non cauponantes bellum sed belligerantes, ferro, non auro, uitam cernamus utrique, uosne uelit an me regnare era quidue ferat Fors uirtute experiamur.
In regno Arelatensi (kingdom of Arles, which formerly belonged to the dukes of Burgundy) et confinio maritimo est arbor cujus sarcina pretium facit duodecim nummorum Wighorniensium.
To the Flint Paradine ascribes the Motto, Ante ferit quam Flamma micet; and to the Fleece, Pretium non vile laboris.
Its nature is never very fully described, but it is hinted at by the terms ángild, singulare pretium, pretium pro pretio.
Et decus et pretium recti=--Both the ornament and the reward of virtue.
Hoc pretium ob stultitiam fero=--This reward I gain for my folly.
Ipsa sui pretium virtus sibi, is but a cold principle.
Ipsa sui pretium virtus sibi, that Vertue is her own reward, is but a cold principle, and not able to maintain our variable resolutions in a constant and setled way of goodness.
In other words, the pretium legitimum was ipso facto the justum pretium.
Buridan says that usury is contrary to natural law 'ex conditione justitiae quae in aequalitate damni et lucri consistit; quoniam injustum est pro re semel commutata pluries pretium recipere' (In Lib.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pretium" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
