The corpus record — Latin

viaticus

viaticus · adj

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Where it lives

Saturae 2 · 4.42/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Trinummus 2 · 2.03/10k
Epistulae 2 · 2.02/10k
Pro L. Flacco 2 · 1.83/10k
Epidicus 1 · 1.54/10k
De Consolatione ad Helviam 1 · 1.48/10k
Truculentus 1 · 1.22/10k
De Senectute 1 · 1.21/10k
Captivi 1 · 1.16/10k
Letters 7 · 1.08/10k
Menaechmi 1 · 1.05/10k

Densest 12 of 35 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vĭātĭcus — Lewis & Short

vĭātĭcus, a, um, adj.via,

I of or belonging to a road or journey, viatic.

I Adj. (very rare): cena, a parting meal, farewell repast, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 61; so perh. factum, id. Trin. 4, 2, 45; v. Ritschl ad h. l.—

II Subst.: vĭātĭcum, i, n., travellingmoney, provision for a journey, viaticum (freq. and class.).

A Lit., Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 89; id. Ep. 5, 1, 9; 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, App. M. 6, p. 180, 32 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.

In the wild

viatica Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 9.1
viaticum Pliny the Younger, Letters 3.17.2
viatico Plautus, Trinummus 4.2
uiatico Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 4.22.p4
viaticam Plautus, Bacchides 1.1
viatica Horace, Epistulae 1.17.54

6 of 62 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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