1. to have a thing sold to one, to buy, purchase , (Homer), attic; with dative pretii, πρ. κτεάτεσσιν ἑοῖσιν to buy with one's money, (Odyssey by Homer); with genitive, πρ. θανάτοιο to purchase by his death, (Pindar); πρ. τι ταλάντου (Xenophon Historicus); π. πολλοῦ (Xenophon Historicus); metaphorically, οὐδενὸς λόγου πρίασθαι to buy at no price, (Sophocles Tragicus); πρ. τι παρά τινος (Herdotus Historicus):—; πρ. τίμιον τοὔλαιον to buy it dear, (Aristophanes Comicus)

2. to farm a tax, (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)