viaticus

vĭātĭcus, a, um, adj. [via], of or belonging to a road or journey, viatic.

• I Adj. (very rare): cena, a parting meal, farewell repast, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 61 (95); so perh. factum, id. Trin. 4, 2, 45 (887); v. Ritschl ad h. l.—
• II Subst.: vĭātĭcum, i, n., travelling-money, provision for a journey, viaticum (freq. and class.).
• • A Lit., Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 89 (449); id. Ep. 5, 1, 9 (615); id. Poen. prol. 71; Cic. Sen. 18, 66; Liv. 44, 22, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 5.—Esp., Charon's fare, Ap. Met. 6, 18, 19 al.—
  • • 2 Transf. (late Lat.), a journey: extensa viatica, Ven. Fort. Misc. prol.—*
    • 3 Trop.: magnum viaticum ex se atque in se ad rempublicam evertendam habere, resources, means, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 13.—
  • B Transf.
  • • 1 Money made by a soldier in the wars, savings, prize-money, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 26; Suet. Caes. 68.—
    • 2 Money to pay the expenses of one studying abroad, Dig. 12, 1, 17.

viāticus, a, um (via), zum Wege-, zur Reise gehörig, I) adi.: cena, Abschiedsschmaus, Plaut. Bacch. 94. – II) subst., viāticum, ī, n., A) die Reisezehrung, das Reisegeld, Zehrgeld, die Reisekasse, modicum, ICt.: viaticum congerere, Cic.: viaticum alci dare, Plaut. u. Plin. ep.: quo minus viae restet, eo plus viatici quaerere, Cic.: ut mihi viaticum reddas, quod impendi, Plin. ep.: v. Zehrgeld zu Rom Studierender, ICt. – bildl., magnum viaticum ad evertendam rem publicam habere, Beförderungsmittel, Quadrig. b. Gell. 17, 2, 13. – B) das von den Soldaten im Kriege erbeutete oder ersparte Geld, das Beutegeld, der Sparpfennig, Hor. ep. 2, 2, 26. Suet. Caes. 68, 1.

viaticus [CL] 1 of or pertaining to the road, a journey, or travelling. b ? (as sb. n.) journey. †934 (11c) excepto pontis vel arcis reedificatione et ~a expeditione contra hostes CS 701; a900 (12c) exceptis tribus, expeditione populari, restauratione ~i pontis, constructione regalis arcis CS 581; 1054 exceptis trium rerum obsequiis, expeditione sc. populari, ~i fundatione pontis, arcisve conditione regalis CD 800; 1401 altaria ~a sive portatilia que superaltaria vulgariter appellamus Som Rec. Soc. XIII 17; †851 (16c) si ‥ absque abbatis litera ~a loci vestri talis fugitivus repertus fuerit ‥ (Croyl.) CS 461.  b in greco viatico se flectit Grecismus Qui majora cernitis 5. 2 (as sb. n.) provision (of food, money, etc.) for a journey, travelling allowance; b (fig. or in fig. context). c Eucharist administered to dying person, viaticum. ne sportulam quidem quae ei dari potuerit secum ad portandum ~um acceperint quae ex palmarum ‥ foliis ‥ contexta ‥ posset ‥ pro munere solet tribui Bede Sam. 555C; miror quod pro prebenda v marcarum me urgetis ad residentiam faciendam, scientes quod pro ~o usque Saresberiam tota mihi prebenda non sufficeret, que si insufficiens est ad viam, multo magis ad residentiam P. Blois Ep. 133. 395; 1291 requisitus an aliquid receperit muneris ‥ pro testificando in hac parte preter ~a SelCCant 357; sacculus itinerancium in quo solent deferre panem et reponere ea que ad ~um necessaria sunt in via Bart. Angl. XIX 129; ~um, espense ien chimin Teaching Latin II 54.  b c800 expende in pauperum solacia quod in tanti iteneris [sic] ~um tibi praeparasti Alcuin Ep. 300; quid spes, nisi ~um nostrum, quo in hujus vite miseriis sustentamur? Ailr. Spec. Car. I 31. 535C; literarum eruditione senectuti ~um preparatur Gir. TH III 48; cur emarcet manna magnificum? / cur marcescit vite viaticum? J. Howd. Ph. 781.  c percepto ~o sacrosanctae communionis ‥ de morte transivit ad vitam Bede HE IV 21 p. 256; convocatis ‥ fratribus, hortatur eos impendere sibi ministerium sacrae inunctionis cum ~o Dominici corporis, quod ‥ debetur Christianis de hac vita transituris Eadmer V. Osw. 34 p. 36; aperte videtur injuriosum reconciliatrici hostie quod ~o munitus et moriens projiciatur in fossatam P. Blois Ep. Sup. 24. 8; si reservari oportet, vel pro Parasceve vel pro ~o, cum magna diligentia reserventur Gir. GE I 9 p.31; hec hostia, est corpus Christi, hoc ~um, idem est WW. 3 ? guide-book, itinerary, compendium (perh. also transf.). od[o]eporicon, viaticum, iterarium GlC E 320; et alia plurima fuerint a pluribus, quorum hoc ~um [AS: myngung] sit et quod supra diximus (Quad.) GAS 453. 4 (as title of a medical handbook, Zad Al Mussāfir, written by Ibn al-Jazzār, translated into Latin by Constantine the African, also transf.). ad virilem virgam, que, sicut dicitur in ~o, vento et spiritu inflatur et erigitur Ric. Med. Anat. 233; ~um est ipsa generalis doctrina prout continetur in libro viaticorum Garl. SM 132 gl.; in ~o vocatur diaquilon Bacon IX 177; memitha, i. volubilis minor secundum Gerardum super ~um, capitulo de idropici Alph. 114; a1332 ~us Constantini monachi, libri vij Libr. Cant. Dov. 56.

vĭātĭcus, (16) a, um (via), de voyage : viatica cena Pl. Bacch. 94, dîner de voyage [= qui fête le retour de qqn après un long voyage ; cʼétait lʼhabitude, cf. Bacch. 183, 534 ; Epid. 8 ; Most. 990, etc. ].

viaticus , a, um. adj.
行路用者。

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