Instrumentum

Latin-English

instrūment|um, -ī. (in.struˈmen.tum) neut.

1. A tool, an instrument.
2. Supplies, equipment; a piece of equipment.

[instruo.]

Loci

• αʹ Cicero, In Verrem Secunda 3.23:

hominibus coactis in eorum arationes Apronius venit, omne instrumentum diripuit, familiam abduxit, pecus abegit.

Apronius rounded up some men and came into their farms, seized all their equipment, confiscated their slaves, and drove off their cattle.

• βʹ Cicero, Ad Atticum 12.32:

itaque velim videas primum conductores qui sint et quanti, deinde ut sint qui ad diem solvant et quid viatici, quid instrumenti satis sit.

So I would like you to look into the tenants, first who they are and how much they would pay, and then that they might be the kind of people who pay on time, and also what money and equipment will be enough for the journey.