cibus; cibaria, -orum, neuter; alimenta, -orum, neuter (general term): victus (food, necessaries for support: ☞ victualia is barbarous): penus, copiae (a store of provisions): frumentum, res frumentaria (corn; forage for the army): commeatus (provisions supplied, supply). (The words are found in this connection and order.) frumentum et commeatus (when commeatus is = all other supplies except corn): annona (a store consisting of the yearly produce of the earth): provisions for a year, alimenta annua; copia annua: for ten days, alimenta decem dierum: provisions begin to fail, alimenta deficiunt: cibus deficit: to furnish one’s self with provisions, res ad victum necessarias parare (general term); rem frumentariam providere, comparare; frumentum parare, comparare, conferre; commeatum praeparare (for an army): for the winter, alimenta in hiemem providere, commeatum in hiemem parare (for an army): to cut off provisions from anybody, aliquem commeatu (or commeatibus) intercludere; aliquem re frumentaria excludere.