• GARRISON

1. s. praesidium (also = milites praesidiarii; i. e., the soldiers forming the garrison): praesidium stativum (the soldiers, considered as having their permanent quarters there): stativa, orum, plur. adjective (sc. castra, the place where the troops are garrisoned). To be in garrison any where, praesidio esse alicui loco (to be placed in a town for its defence); stativa habere aliquo loco (to be stationed there): to be in garrison at Nicomedia, in statione Nicomedensi esse: to remain any where in garrison, aliquo loco relinqui praesidio: to place a garrison in a town, in oppido praesidium ponere, locare, collocare, constituere; locum praesidio firmare, munire; urbi praesidium imponere: to have a garrison, praesidio teneri; praesidio firmatum, munitum esse: to have a strong garrison, firmum praesidium habere; valido praesidio firmatum esse: to strengthen a garrison, praesidium majoribus copiis firmare: to withdraw a garrison, praesidium ex urbe deducere, abducere (general terms); locum praesidio nudare (with the accessory notion of leaving it defenceless): to leave behind one a sufficient garrison, locum tutum relinquere: a regiment in garrison, praesidium stativum.

2. v. To garrison a town [Vid: “to place a GARRISON in a town”]. To be garrisoned any where; Vid: “to be in GARRISON any where.”