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iter, (a going, walk, way;) journey, march, road

BWL

quam maximis potest itineribus in Galliam contendit
he directs his course into Gaul with as long marches as he is able
tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est
all life is nothing other than a journey toward death

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

iter , itineris, n.: a going; a journey, passage, voyage, 3.507, et al.; track, path, way, 1.370; course, 7.35. (eō)

Could not find itinere in Logeion dictionaries.

itinere Noun: neuter ablative singular of iter

See itinere in Morpho

ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris (archaic forms: nom. ĭtĭner, Enn. Pac. Att.Varr. ap. Non. 482, 20; Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 72 (913); Lucr. 6, 339; Mart. Cap. 9, § 897.— Gen. iteris, Naev. ap. Prisc. p. 695 P.; id. ap. Non. 485, 3; Jul. Hyg. ap. Charis. p. 108 P.; also, iteneris, Lex Agr., C. I. L. 1, 200, 26.— Abl. itere, Att. and Varr. ap. Non. 485, 8; Lucr. 5, 653), n. [for itiner, from īre, ĭtum], a going, a walk, way.
  • I Lit.
    • A In gen.: dicam in itinere, on the way, as we go along, Ter. Phorm. 567: hoc ipsa in itinere dum narrat, id. Heaut. 271: huc quia habebas iter, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 6 (386): iter illi saepius in forum, Plin. Pan. 77: in diversum iter equi concitati, Liv. 1, 28. — Hence,
    • B In partic.
      • 1 A going to a distant place, a journey; and of an army, a march: cum illi iter instaret et subitum et longum, Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; 3, 2 init.: ut in itinere copia frumenti suppeteret, Caes. B. G. 1, 3: qui eo itineris causa convenerant, id. ib. 7, 55: sine ullo maleficio iter per provinciam facere, id. ib. 1, 7: in ipso itinere confligere, Liv. 29, 36, 4; Nep. Eum. 8, 1; Hirt. B. G. 8, 27, 5; Just. 11, 15, 4: Catilina ex itinere plerisque consularibus litteras mittit, Sall. C. 34, 2: committere se itineri, Cic. Phil. 12, 10: ingredi pedibus, id. de Sen. 10, 34: conficere pulverulentā viā, id. Att. 5, 14: iter mihi est Lanuvium, id. Mil. 10: iter habere Capuam, id. Att. 8, 11: facere in Apuliam, id. ib.: agere, Dig. 47, 5, 6; Salv. Gub. Dei, 1, 9: contendere iter, to hasten one’s journey, Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 97; so, intendere, Liv. 21, 29: maturare, Caes. B. C. 1, 63: properare, Tac. H. 3, 40: conficere, Cic. Att. 5, 14, 1; 4, 14, 2; id. Vatin. 5, 12: constituere, to determine upon, id. Att. 3, 1 init.: urgere, Ov. F. 6, 520: convertere in aliquem locum, to direct one’s journey to a certain place, Caes. B. G. 7, 56: dirigere ad Mutinam, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 11: agere in aliquam partem, Ov. M. 2, 715: flectere, to change one’s course, Verg. A. 7, 35: convertere, to direct, Cic. Att. 3, 3: facere, id. ib. 8, 11, C; Nep. Pel. 2, 5; Suet. Ner. 30 fin.; id. Aug. 64: comparare, to prepare for a journey, Nep. Alc. 10; Claud. Eutr. 2, 97: supprimere, to stop, break off, Caes. B. C. 1, 66: retro vertere, Liv. 28, 3: ferre per medium mare, Verg. A. 7, 810: ferre Inachias urbes, Stat. Th. 1, 326: continuare die ac nocte, to march day and night, Caes. B. C. 3, 36: desistere itinere, id. B. G. 5, 11: coeptum dimittere, Ov. M. 2, 598: frangere, Stat. Th. 12, 232: impedire, Ov. H. 21, 74: instituere, Hor. C. 3, 27, 5: peragere, Verg. A. 6, 381; Hor. S. 2, 6, 99; Ov. F. 1, 188: rumpere, Hor. C. 3, 27, 5: itinere prohibere aliquem, Caes. B. G. 1, 9: ex itinere redire, Cic. Att. 15, 24; Suet. Tit. 5: revertere, Cic. Div. 1, 15, 26: Boii ex itinere nostros adgressi, Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 6: tutum alicui praestare, Cic. Planc. 41.—
      • 2 Iter terrestre, iter pedestre, a journey by land, a land route (not ante-Aug.): iter terrestre facturus, Just. 12, 10, 7: inde terrestri itinere frumentum advehere, Tac. H. 4, 35: terrestri itinere ducere legiones, Liv. 30, 36, 3; 44, 1, 4; Curt. 9, 10, 2: pedestri itinere confecto, Suet. Claud. 17: pedestri itinere Romam pervenire, Liv. 36, 21, 6; 37, 45, 2; Amm.31, 11, 6.—
      • 3 A journey, a march, considered as a measure of distance: cum abessem ab Amano iter unius diei, a day’s journey, Cic. Fam. 15, 4: cum dierum iter quadraginta processerit, Caes. B. G. 6, 24: quam maximis itineribus potest in Galliam contendit, by making each day’s journey as long as possible, i.e. forced marches, id. ib. 1, 7: magnis diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere, id. ib. 1, 38: itinera multo majora fugiens quam ego sequens, making greater marches in his flight, Brut. ad Cic. Fam. 11, 13.— Hence, justum iter diei, a day's march of a proper length: confecto justo itinere ejus diei, Caes. B. C. 3, 76. —
      • 4 The place in which one goes, travels, etc., a way, passage, path, road: qua ibant ab itu iter appellarant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 35 Müll.; cf. Varr.5, § 22: itineribus deviis proticisci in provinciam, Cic. Att. 14, 10: erant omnino itinera duo, quibus itineribus domo exire possent, Caes. B. G. 1, 6: pedestria itinera concisa aestuariis, id. ib. 3, 9: patefacere alicui iter in aliquem locum, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 11: in diversum iter equi concitati, Liv. 1, 28: ut deviis itineribus milites duceret, Nep. Eum. 3, 5: itinere devio per ignorantiam locorum retardati, Suet. Galb. 20: exercitum per insidiosa itinera ducere, id. Caes. 58: qua rectum iter in Persidem ducebat, Curt. 13, 11, 19: ferro aperire, Sall. C. 58, 7: fodiendo, substruendo iter facere, Dig. 8, 1, 10.— Of the corridors in houses, Vitr. 6, 9.—Of any passage: iter urinae, the urethra, Cels. 7, 25: iter vocis, Verg. A. 7, 534: itinera aquae, Col. 8, 17: carpere iter, to pursue a journey: Rubos fessi pervenimus utpote longum carpentes iter, Hor. S. 1, 5, 95: non utile carpis iter, Ov. M. 2, 550: alicui iter claudere, to block one’s way, close the way for him: ne suus hoc illis clauserit auctor iter, Ov. P. 1, 1, 6; id. F. 1, 272; id. M. 14, 793: iter ingredi, to enter on a way or road, Suet. Caes. 31: iter patefacere, to open a way, Caes. B. G. 3, 1.—
      • 5 A privilege or legal right of going to a place, the right of way: aquaeductus, haustus, iter, actus a patre sumitur, Cic. Caecin. 26, 74: negat se posse iter ulli per provinciam dare, Caes. B. G. 1, 8, 3; cf. Dig. 8, 3, 1, § 1; 8, 3, 7; 12.—
  • II Trop., a way, course, custom, method of a person or thing: patiamur illum ire nostris itineribus, Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 3: verum iter gloriae, id. Phil. 1, 14, 33: videmus naturam suo quodam itinere ad ultimum pervenire, id. N. D. 2, 13, 35: iter amoris nostri et officii mei, id. Att. 4, 2, 1: salutis, Verg. A. 2, 387: fecit iter sceleri, Ov. M. 15, 106: labi per iter declive senectae, id. ib. 15, 227: vitae diversum iter ingredi, Juv. 7, 172: duo itinera audendi, Tac. H. 4, 49: novis et exquisitis eloquentiae itineribus opus est, id. Or. 19: pronum ad honores, Plin. Ep. 8, 10 fin.; cf.: novum ad principatum, id. Pan. 7, 1.

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