garrison (subs.) Copy link • garrison (subs.): praesĭdium (any body of troops acting as a guard): having taken possession of the town, he stations a g. there, occupato oppido, ibi p. collocat, Caes.: to fortify a town and leave a g. there, (oppidum) communire, p.que imponere, Liv.: so, p. constituere, Caes. B. G. 7, 7: to withdraw a g. from a place, p. ab (de) oppido deducere, Cic.: Liv. (v. to evacuate): to expel a g. from a citadel, p. ex arce expellere, Nep. Epam. 10: to strengthen or occupy a place with a g., locum praesidiis firmare, Sall. Jug. 23; confirmare, Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16: to be on g., in praesidio esse, cf. Front. 3, 17, init.