3. Road—Travel

_viam sternere (silice, saxo)_—to pave a road.

_substruere viam glarea_ (Liv. 41. 27)—to make a gravel path.

_via strata_—a street, a made road.

_via trita_[1]—a well-trodden, much-frequented way.

_viam munire_[2]—to make a road.

_viam patefacere, aperire_—to open a route.

_ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)_—to cut one's way (through

the enemies' ranks).

_viam intercludere_—to obstruct a road; to close a route.

_iter obstruere_—to obstruct a road; to close a route.

_via fert, ducit aliquo_—a road leads somewhere.

_in viam se dare_—to set out on a journey.

_viae se committere_—to set out on a journey.

_viam ingredi, inire_ (also metaphorically)—to enter upon a route; to

take a road.

_rectā (viā)_—straight on.

_de via declinare, deflectere_ (also metaphorically)—to turn aside

from the right way; to deviate.

_(de via) decedere alicui_—make way for any one.

_Appia via proficisci_—to set out by the Appian road.

_erranti viam monstrare_—to direct a person who has lost his way.

_errores Ulixis_—the wanderings of Ulysses.

_viam persequi_ (also metaphorically)—to continue one's journey,

pursue one's course.

_longam viam conficere_—to accomplish a long journey.

_fessus de via_—weary with travelling; way-worn.

_Hercules_[3] _in trivio, in bivio, in compitis_—Hercules at the

cross-roads, between virtue and vice.

_iter facere_—(1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road

(rare).

_una iter facere_—to travel together.

_iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)_—to begin a journey (on foot, on

horseback, by land).

_iter aliquo dirigere, intendere_—to journey towards a place.

_tendere aliquo_—to journey towards a place.

_longum itineris spatium emetiri_—to finish a very long journey.

_ex itinere redire_[4]—to return from a journey.

_in itinere_[5]—on a journey; by the way.

_iter terrestre, pedestre_—travel by land, on foot.

_itinera diurna nocturnaque_—travelling day and night.

_iter unius diei_ or simply _diei_—a day's journey.

_iter impeditum_—an impassable road.

_disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare_ (not _permigrare_)—to

travel through the most remote countries.

_peregrinatio_—a foreign journey.

_peregrinari, peregre esse_—to be travelling abroad.

_peregre proficisci_—to go abroad.

_aliquem proficiscentem prosequi_—to accompany any one when starting;

to see a person off.

_aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi_ (_vid._ sect. VI.

11, note _Prosequi..._)—to wish any one a prosperous journey.

_rus excurrere_—to make a pleasure-trip into the country.

_ruri vivere, rusticari_—to live in the country.

_vita rustica_—country life (the life of resident farmers, etc.)

_rusticatio, vita rusticana_—country life (of casual, temporary

visitors).

[1] _tritus_ is also used figuratively, e.g. _proverbium (sermone)

tritum_ (De Off. 1. 10. 33), _vocabulum latino sermone non tritum_

(Acad. 1. 7. 27).

[2] Cf. in metaphorical sense, _viam ad honores alicui munire_ (Mur.

10. 23).

[3] _vid._ on this subject De Off. 1. 32. 118; Fam. 5. 12. 3.

[4] _reverti_ means properly to turn back and retrace one's steps,

after giving up one's intention of remaining longer in a place, or

continuing one's journey, cf. Div. 1. 15. 27, _itaque revertit ex

itinere, cum iam progressus esset multorum dierum viam_. Similarly

_reditus_ = return, _reversio_ generally = turning back. Cicero only

uses _revenire_ in conjunction with _domum_.

[5] _ex itinere_ implies that the march was interrupted, thus there is

a difference between _in itinere aliquem aggredi_ and _ex itinere_,

etc. In the same way distinguish _in fuga_ and _ex fuga_, e.g. _ex

fuga evadere, ex fuga dissipati_.

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