exercitus — Logoi (Latin)

Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 2 · 120.48/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 11s 2 · 101.01/10k
Iphicrates 4 · 97.8/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 17s 1 · 83.33/10k
Hamilcar 4 · 77.37/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 21-25 - 23 82 · 55.79/10k
Datames 10 · 54.88/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 26-30 - 28 90 · 53.87/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 19s 1 · 49.75/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 86 · 49.49/10k
Historiae 20 · 49.3/10k
Hannibal 10 · 48.88/10k

Densest 12 of 220 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. exercĭtus — Lewis & Short

exercĭtus, a, um, P. a., from exerceo.

Part. and

2. exercĭtus — Lewis & Short

exercĭtus, ūs (

I gen. sing. exerciti, Naev. ap. Charis. p. 103 P.; Att. Trag. Fragm. 150, 311 (Rib. p. 155, 177); Varr. ap. Non. 485, 16 sq. EXERCITVIS, acc. to Non. ib. 11, without example. EXERCITVVS, Inscr. Orell. 4922.—Dat.: exercitu, Caes. B. C. 3, 96; Liv. 9, 5; 9, 41; 22, 1 al.), m. exerceo. *

I Lit., exercise: pro exercitu gymnastico et palaestrico, etc., Plaut. Rud. 2, 1, 7.—

B Transf., concr., in milit. lang., an exercised, disciplined body of men, an army (syn.: agmen, acies, phalanx, caterva, manus, legiones): exercitum non unam cohortem neque unam alam dicimus, sed numeros multos militum. Nam exercitui praeesse dicimus eum, qui legionem vel legiones administrat, Dig. 3, 2, 2: horrescit telis exercitus asper utrimque, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (Ann. v. 385, ed. Vahl.); Enn. Ann. 14, 13: exercitum comparare, Cic. Phil. 4, 3, 6: abire in exercitum, Plaut. Am. prol. 102; 125: venire ab exercitu, id. ib. 140: adesse ad exercitum, id. ib. 1, 3, 6: e castris educere exercitum, id. ib. 1, 1, 61 (cf.: ex oppido legiones educere, id. ib. v. 63); cf.: exercitum conscribere, comparare, id. ib. 5, 13, 36: parare, Sall. C. 29, 3: scribere, Liv. 2, 43, 5: conficere, Cic. Phil. 5, 16, 43; id. de Imp. Pomp. 21, 61: facere, id. Phil. 5, 8, 23: conflare, id. ib. 4, 6, 15: contrahere, Caes. B. G. 1, 34, 3: cogere, id. ib. 3, 17, 2; Sall. J. 10, 4: ducere, Cic. Mur. 9, 20: ductare, Sall. C. 11, 5; 17, 7: transducere, Caes. B. G. 1, 13, 1 et saep.—As a land army, in opposition to a naval army or fleet: eodem tempore et exercitus ostendebatur et classis intrabat portum, Liv. 26, 42, 2. As infantry, in opposition to cavalry: (Caesar) exercitum equitatumque castris continuit, Caes. B. G. 2, 11, 2; 7, 61, 2; 1, 48, 4; Liv. 30, 36, 8; 40, 52, 6; cf. Drak. id. 28, 1, 5.—

2 Transf.

(a) The assembly of the people in the Centuria Comitiata, as being a military organization, Varr. L. L. 6, 9, § 88; cf. Gell. 15, 27 fin.; Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 50; 52.—

(b) Poet., in gen., a multitude, host, swarm, flock: corvorum, Verg. G. 1, 382; id. A. 5, 824; Sil. 11, 413.—

(g) A troop, body of attendants, etc.: huic illut dolet, quia remissus est edundi exercitus, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 50: remissum imperare exercitum, id. ib. v. 52.—*

II (Acc. to exerceo, II. C.) Trouble, affliction: Noli, obsecro, lacrimis tuis mihi exercitum imperare, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 60.

In the wild

exercitus Historia Augusta, Clodius Albinus 10
exercitu Livy, Ab Urbe Condita, books 26-27 - 27 p52
exercitum Livy, Ab urbe condita libri, erklärt von M. Weissenborn, books 41-42 - 42 p38
exercituum Sallust, Historiae Lep.p1
exercitu Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 16.12.4
exercitum Livy, Ab urbe condita 3.31.33.4

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Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. exercitus (scan p. 229; entry #3562).

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