provisions Copy link Outline 1. cĭbus, ălĭmentum2. on a large scale, as for an army, res frūmentāria3. commeātus, ūs (supplies for an army; used sing. and pl.)4. cĭbāria, ōrum (victuals5. victus, ūs (living, ordinary means of sustaining life) • provisions: 1. cĭbus, ălĭmentum: v. food, nourishment. 2. on a large scale, as for an army, res frūmentāria: Cic. Verr. 3, 5, 11: Caes. pass. Also simply, frumentum (as the main staff of life): cf. Caes. B. G. 1, 48, frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercludere. 3. commeātus, ūs (supplies for an army; used sing. and pl.): to gather in p.s from the corn-lands, commeatum ex arvis convehere, Liv. 2, 14: p.s imported by sea, c. maritimi, id. 5, 54, med.: more definitely, [magni] commeatus frumenti, id. 28, 4, extr. (N.B.--Also includes whatever supplies are needed for an army: v. Smith's Lat. Dict. s. v.) 4. cĭbāria, ōrum (victuals: with reference to immediate consumption; whereas, res frumentaria is the entire commissariat): scarcity of p.s (in a town), cibariorum inopia, Caes. B. G. 3, 18: cf. ib. 1, 5, trium mensium molita cibaria (ready-ground corn or p.s). 5. victus, ūs (living, ordinary means of sustaining life): the greater part of their p.s consists in ..., major pars victus eorum in ... consistit, Caes. B. G. 6, 22. Phr.: to collect p.s (from a country), frumentari, Caes. pass.: scarcity of p.s, inopia frumentaria, id. B. G. 5, 24.