munio
See also: munió
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom moenia.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmuː.ni.oː/, [ˈmuːnioː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmu.ni.o/, [ˈmuːnio]
Verb
editmūniō (present infinitive mūnīre, perfect active mūnīvī or mūniī, supine mūnītum); fourth conjugation
- to provide with defensive works, fortify
- Synonym: immunīo
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:
- mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tēla arma parāre
- to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour
- mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tēla arma parāre
- (of natural fortifications)
- to build (as) a fortification
- (of soldiers or sim.) to guard from attack, defend
- to strengthen, secure
- (transferred sense) to protect with a covering
- (figurative) to safeguard, uphold or buttress (of a person, institution, etc.)
- (figurative) to defend, protect, secure
- to build up so as to give a firm surface to, to construct oder repair (of a road, other raised areas)
- Mūnīta via
- Paved road
Conjugation
editDerived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit“mūniō” on page 1260 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Further reading
edit- “munio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “munio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- munio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to make a road: viam munire
- to make a fortified, entrenched camp: castra munire
- to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)
- to make a road: viam munire
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