march (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of soldiers1. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n. (any journey)2. agmen, inis, n. (strictly, an army marchingII. As measure of time or distanceIII. Pace, progressIV. Departure of troops • march (subs.): I. Of soldiers: 1. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n. (any journey): to direct one's m. towards a place, i. habere (with acc. of name of town to which), Cic. Att. 8, 11, D: also, i. in aliquam terram intendere, Liv. 21, 29: to hasten a m., i. maturare, Caes. B. C. 1, 63; properare, Tac. A. 15, 12: an unsafe, dangerous m., i. infestum, periculosum, Cic. Ph. 12, 10, 25: to hasten by forced m.s, magnis (maximis) i. contendere, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: strengthened, quam potui maximis i., Cic. Fam. 15, 4, med. See also to march. (N.B.--To do anything on or in the course of a march, expr. by in itinere, or iter faciens; ex itinere only to denote the sending of persons or things from the army marching: cf. Sall. Cat. 34, Catilina ex itinere ... litteras mittit.) 2. agmen, inis, n. (strictly, an army marching: also, the march itself, as a military movement, not a journey directed to a certain point): to take a slave with one on m., servum in a. habere, Sall. Jug. 45: cf. paulo infr., in agmine = when the troops were on m.: to harass the enemy's (line of) m., a. adversariorum male habere et carpere, Caes. B. C. 1, 63. II. As measure of time or distance: Phr.: one day's m., iter unius diei, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, med.: also, diei iter, 44, 7, med.: in two days' m. (lit. encampments), secundis castris, Liv. 44, 7, init.; also, alteris castris, id. 38, 13: in five days' m., quintis castris, Caes. B. G. 7, 36, init. III. Pace, progress: grădus: v. pace. IV. Departure of troops: prŏfectio: to give the signal for march with the trumpet, classico signum profectionis dare, Liv. 2, 59: nearly equivalent is phr. vasa conclamare, to raise the shout for packing up, preliminary to departure: Caes. B. C. 1, 66.