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• quarters (a pl. indef.): an abode or lodging (esp. temporary):

I. Gen., of a guest, lodger, etc.:

1. hospĭtium, n., most gen. term: to give any one qs., provide qs. for him (or him with qs.), put him in qs., alicui h. praebere: you shall have qs. here in my house, hic apud me h. tibi praebebitur, Pl. Poen. 5, 2, 93: alicui h. parare: cf. Piliae paratum est h., Cic. Att. 14, 2: aliquem hospitio accipere: we'll give you country qs., te in Arpinati videbimus, et hospitio agresti accipiemus, id. ib. 2, 16: qs. at the sea-side, maritimum h., ib.: (humorously) I'll be provided with qs. at the public cost (the government 'll find me qs.), hospitio publicitus accipiar, Pl. Aul. 1, 1, 8 (i. e. in carcere, ib. 3): also recĭpĕre: cf. domum ad se quisque cupidissime rec., Caes. B. C. 2, 20: also excipere: cf. hospitaliter excipere, Curt. 7, 6, med.: aliquem in h. deducĕre: being conducted to his qs. in a grove, deductus in nemorosum h., Plin. 35, 11, 38: (cf. illam ipsam sedem hospitalem, in quam erit deductus, id. Agr. 2, 17, 46): to offer qs. to, hospitio invitare, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 23: to seek qs., h. adire: he sought qs. at several private houses, hospitia singulorum adiit, Suet. Ner. 47. To find qs., to take up one's qs., to be quartered: expr. by the passives, hospitio accipi, recipi, excipi, deduci; or without hospitio; the house of a great man, in which many guests are to be quartered, in domo clari hominis, in quam hospites multi recipiendi, Cic. Off. 1, 39, 139: to be quartered upon (have qs. with) any one as one's host, deduci ad hospitem: cf. deducitur iste ad Janitorem quendam hospitem, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, 63: hospĭtor, 1, dep. (rare), Cod. Theod. 7, 8, 4. Also expr. by the derivs.: hospĭtālĭtas, f.: fig. (the soul) is here as an exile in temporary qs., lege temporalis hospitalitatis hic exsulat, Macrob. Somn. Scip. 1, 21, fin.: guests' qs., hospitālia, ium, Vitruv. 6, 10.
2. mansio, ōnis, f.: (a well-planned house) should have qs. both for summer and for winter (i. e. suitable rooms), ut et aestati et hiemi praebeat mansiones: quae hiemi parantur, etc., Pallad. 1, 9: cf. aestivae mansiones, ib. (Note: hībernācula, winter-qs., used for winter apartments in a house, Vitr. 1, 2, fin.: Plin. Ep. 2, 17.) Esp. of a night's qs. on a journey: cf. ad primam statim mansionem febrim nactus, Suet. Tib. 10: (humorously), sorry, bad, evil qs. (e. g. the stocks, pillory, or gaol), mala mansio (a punishment in which the culprit was stretched out and tied to a board), Ulp. Dig. 47, 10, 15. Abstr.: a quartering, or taking up one's qs., mansio Formiis, Cic. Att. 9, 5. To pay for one's qs., pretium mansionis persolvere (alicui). Note: also stătīva, ōrum, n. pl. (orig. stativae mansiones, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45), qs. where a traveller stays: cf. stativis dies absumuntur, Plin. 6, 23, 26 § 103.
3. tectum, n. (house): in acc. with in: give me qs., recipe me in t., Pl. Rud. 2, 7, 16: in abl. with in: in tecto, id. Stich. 5, 4, 3: in abl. only; ut tuo recipias tecto servesque nos, id. Rud. 1, 5, 18: cf. tectis ac sedibus suis recipiendis, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90: depart to your qs.! vos in vestra tecta discedite, id. Cat. 3, 12, 29: expr. by other such words, e. g. domus, domicilium: v. home, house.
4. hăbĭtātio, f. (rare): I beg you to find him qs., peto a te ut ei de habitatione accommodes, Cic. Fam. 13, 2: the cost of qs., sumptus habitationis, id. Coel. 7, 17: v. abode.
5. sēdes, is, f. (a fixt abode): cf. nota quae sedes fuerat columbis, Hor. Od. 1, 2, 10: cf. Tibur sit meae sedis utinam senectae, id. ib. 2, 6, 6: (in the sense of head-qs.), cf. quod Jupiter O M. suam sedem atque arcem tutatus esset, Liv. 5, 50: in geog. sense: cf. ultra hos Chatti initium sedis inchoant, Tac. G. 30: esp. in plur.: Cic. Rep. 2, 4: to seek other qs., aliud domicilium, alias sedes petere, Caes. B. G. 1, 31: Join: sedes regionesque, id. ib. 4, 4: consecrated qs., sedes sanctae, Cic. Rep. 5, 5. In same sense, stătĭo, f.: cf. Athenis statio mea nunc placet, Cic. Att. 6, 9, fin. Join: sedes statioque: (poet.) Principio sedes apibus statioque petenda, Virg. G. 4, 8.
6. Phrr. with verbs: (i.) rĕcĭpĭo, 3: to give any one qs. in one's house, ad tectum r., v. sup.: aliquem domum suam, Cic. Arch. 3, 5. Absol.: most were concealed by those who had given them qs., plerosque hi, qui receperant, celant (hist. pres.), Caes. B. C. 1, 76. (ii.) collŏco, 1 (to quarter, give qs. to): to quarter any one in a chamber, aliquem in cubili coll., Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39: taking up their qs. at Capua, in the very home of pride and the chief seat of luxury, Capuae, in domicilio superbiae atque in sedibus luxuriae collocati, id. Agr. 2, 35, 97: to be quartered upon (find qs. with) a host, collocari apud hospitem: cf. comites ejus apud ceteros hospites collocantur, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, 63: with Adv., cf. quos ibi (in a town named) ... victos Caesar collocaverat, Caes. B. G. 7, 9: v. to settle. (Colloq. phr.), to put into close qs. (pack close), cf. angustius milites collocavit (on board ship), Caes. B. G. 5, 23. (iii.) hăbĭto, 1 (to fix one's qs. or abode): apud aliquem, Cic. Acad. 2, 36, 115: cum aliquo, id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, 64: to occupy subterranean qs., sub terra h., id. N. D. 2, 37, 95: Amphitryon is quartered in yonder house, in illisce habitat aedibus Amphitruo, Pl. Am. prol. 97: to take up his qs. there, cf. in quam (partem regiae) ipse habitandi causa initio erat inductus, Caes. B. C. 3, 112: I went into country quarters, rus habitatum abii, Ter. Hec. 2, 1, 27: v. to dwell: to stay. (iv.) dēverto, 3, and freq. dēversor, 1, dep.: to quarter oneself upon (take up one's qs. with), d. apud aliquem (sometimes with in hospitium), or in alicujus domo: v. to put up with. (v.) consīdo, sēdi, sessum, 3: till I fix my qs. somewhere, antequam aliquo loco consedero, Cic. Att. 5, 14: v. to settle. (vi.) commŏror, 1, dep.: apud aliquem, Cic. Manil. 5, fin.: circum istaec loca, Pomp. in Cic. Att. 8, 12, C.: an inn for our qs. (or to quarter in), not a place for our abode, commorandi natura devorsorium nobis, non habitandi locum dedit, id. de Sen. 23, 84. (vii.) immigro, 1 (esp. of a removal): cf. (fig.) animus quum repente in tam insolitum domicilium immigravit, id. Tusc. 1, 24, 58: with adv.: cf. ubi illo (in aedes) immigrat, Pl. Most. 1, 2, 23.

II. The quarters of troops (camp, barrack, cantonment, or when billeted in houses):

1. castra, ōrum, n. pl.: v. camp: the qs. of the praetorian guard, castra Praetorianorum, Suet. Tib. 37: Tac. A. 4, 2: to inspect the qs. which were preparing for the legions to winter in, ad visenda castra quae hiematuris legionibus erigebantur, Tac. H. 5, 22: in the same qs., in iisdem castris, Liv.: to take up one's qs., castra locare, Liv. 1, 14: to break up one's qs., c. movere, Caes. B. G. 1, 44: with ex of the place: cf. postero die castra ex eo loco movent, Caes. B. G. 1, 15: e castris signa movere, Liv. 1, 14: to push them forward, c. promovere, ib. 48: to beat up (an enemy's) qs., invadere castra, Liv. 10, 35: cf. improviso in castra irrumpere, Cic. Div. 1, 24, 50: to carry the fight into the enemy's qs., cf. jam in castra proelium intulerat, Liv. 4, 29: to keep one's men within their qs., cf. suos omnes in castris continuit, Caes. B. C. 3, 30: exercitum castris cont., id. B. G. 1, 48: ex. cont. (only), Liv. 28, 2: among a people, cf. Catinenses apud quos ex. continebat, Frontin.: the several qs. of a camp, castrorum partes, Liv. 41, 5. More specifically: (i.) castra stătīva (permanent qs.): he fixed his qs. at, etc., pulcherrimo Syracusarum loco stativa sibi castra faciebat, Cic. Verr. 5, 12, 29: hampered by his booty, he kept to his qs., illigatus praeda stativis castris adhaerebat, Tac. Ann. 3, 21: both generals advance from their qs., uterque eorum ex c. s. exercitum educunt, Caes. B. C. 3, 30: absol. stătīva, ōrum, n. (once stativae, sc. mansiones, Lampr. Alex. Sev. 45): in those qs. supplies came in freely enough, in iis stativis satis liberi commeatus erant, Liv. 1, 57: changes of qs., stativorum mutationes, Tac. H. 1, 66. (ii.) aestīva castra (lit. summer-camp, i. e. the qs. of an army in the field): he fell sick and died in his qs., supremum diem morbo obiit in aestivis castris, Suet. Cl. 1: Tac.: but usu. absol. aestīva, ōrum, n. pl.: Caes.: while we are in qs. (epist. past), dum in aestivis nos essemus, Cic. Att. 5, 17, 3: (ironically, of a residence chosen for pleasure), those summer qs. of the praetor's, illa aestiva praetoris, id. Verr. 5, 37, 96: he used to put the rest into winter and summer qs. etc., reliquas (sc. cohortes) in hiberna et aestiva circa finitima oppida dimittere assuerat, Suet. Aug. 49. (iii.) castra hīberna (winter quarters: a winter camp): Tac.: cf. et (jam enim hiems instabat) c. h. in promontorio communit, Liv. 29, 35: usu. absol. hīberna, ōrum, n. pl.: cf. ibi hiberna aedificavit, id. 23, 48: cf. neque frumenta in hibernis erant, Caes. B. C. 1, 48: to be in winter qs., in h. esse, also expr. by verbs, hīberno, 1 (prop. trans. to fix one's winter qs.), with dat. of place, cf. hibernat Nemetocennae, Caes. B. G. 8, 46 (to winter): no sooner are the soldiers in winter qs., jam vero quemadmodum milites hibernent, Cic. Manil. 13, 39: and hĭĕmo, 1: with circum and acc. of place: cf. ipse cum III. legionibus circum Samarobrivam trinis hibernis hiemare constituit, Caes. B. G. 5, 53: to lead out of winter qs., ex hib. educere: cf. tres (legiones), quae circa Aquileiam hiemabant, ex hibernis educit, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: to put into winter qs., in hiberna dēdūcĕre, mittĕre, dīmittĕre: and in hibernis collŏcāre, componĕre: dēdūco, with in and acc. of the place: cf. in h. in Sequanos (among, or in the country of): exercitum deduxit, id. ib. 1, 54, fin.: the new levies were put in winter qs., in hiberna novi milites deducti, Liv. 26, 20: on the retirement of the army into qs., deducto exercitu, Caes. B. G. 7, 43: collŏco, with in and abl.: cf. exercitum reduxit et in Aulercis Lexoviisque, reliquis item civitatibus, in hibernis collocavit, id. ib. 3, 29: mittere: cf. legiones in hiberna mittit, id. ib. 7, 90: dīmittere in hiberna (to quarter in separate divisions), Suet. Aug. 49, sup. cit.: (Cic. also uses mitto, Prov. Cons. 3, 5: and admitto, Fam. 15, 4, 7): in hibernis legiones componere, Sall.: to fix the winter qs., hiberna constituere: cf. hiberna omnium legionum in Belgis const., Caes. B. G. 4, 38: to send into winter qs. (in the sense of distributing or billeting the soldiers), exercitum dispertīre, dispōnĕre, distrĭbuĕre, dīvĭdĕre: cf. exercitum per oppida dispertit, Liv. 29, 1: legiones in Appulia hibernorum causa disposuerat, Caes. B. C. 1, 14: cf. legiones Narbone circumque ea loca hiemandi causa disp., id. ib. 1, 37: disp. also to quarter, in gen.: cf. equites per oram maritimam disp., id.: verbs used together; cf. Numidas in hiberna in proximis Thessalis urbibus distribuit; et partem exercitus item per totam Thessaliam divisit, ut hiberna commoda omnes haberent, Liv. 43, 67: to quarter throughout the provinces, legiones et auxilia provinciatim distrib., Suet. Aug. 49: upon the several cities, or states (of Spain), exercitum omnem passim in civitates dividere, Liv. 27, 2: per civitates in hiberna div., Justin.: to withdraw (or, retire) into winter qs., cf. in hiberna concesserant diversi (on both sides), Liv. 26, 20: (the general) visited the winter qs. of the army, hiberna exercitus adiit, ib.: to break up from winter qs., ex hibernis (exercitum) movere, Liv.: Curt. Lying in winter qs., hībernus (adj.): cf. legiones hibernae, Suet. Cal. 8. (N.B.--The permanent qrs. of a particular legion are denoted by its title, which sometimes became a geographical name, as Legio VII. Gemina, Leon, in Spain.) Dimin., hībernācŭla: cf. h. Carthaginiensium lignea ferme tota erant (the huts in their winter qs.), Liv. 30, 3: (with rĕmittere in) the summer being far advanced, some of the legions were dismissed by land into winter qs., aestate jam adulta legionum aliae itinere terrestri in hib. remissae, Tac. A. 2, 23: in hib. deducere, Inscr. Also, hĭĕmalia, ium, n. pl. (rare): to settle the summer and winter qs., hiemalia atque aestiva disponere, Val. ap. Vop. Aur. 11.
2. tectum, n. and pl.: used of qs. in a town: to give qs. to, tecto (-is), recĭpere: (said of Capua) to give our armies qs. in her houses and homes, ad exercitus tectis et sedibus suis recipiendos, Cic. Agr. 2, 33, 90: to be q.'d upon (a town, or house, or host), (milites) in tecto receptos esse.
3. hospĭtĭum, n. (and pl.), esp. qs. in houses and inns: to q. soldiers (or put them in qs.), milites in hospitia deducere; per h. disponere; or dispergere (of scattered qs.): the praetorian guards, hitherto q.'d loosely about the inns (or houses), praetorianae cohortes, vagae ante id tempus et per hospitia dispersae, Suet. Tib. 37: to give qs., hospĭtio recipere: every citizen was eager to give them qs. in his house, ut domum ad se quisque hospitio cupidissime reciperet, Caes. B. C. 2, 20. Phr.: to take up qs., consīdo, 3: cf. (legio) sese Hispalim recepit atque in foro et porticibus sine maleficio consedit, ib. Phr.: to q. two (soldiers) on each householder, distribuere binos singulis patribus familiarum, Cic. Att. 7, 14.
4. praesĭdĭum, n., the qs. of an army (not only in garrison and other posts--cf. garrison, post--but also) in the field, esp. in pl.: in distant qs., procul in praesidio fuit, Nep. Timol. 1: legions drawn from the nearest qs., cf. cohortes, quas ex proximis praesidiis deductas fors obtulit, Caes. B. G. 7, 87: (with specific reference to civil war: like "he was out in the '45"): you were in qs. (with the army), in praesidio eratis, Cic. Lig. 9, 28: cf. qui in adversariorum praesidiis occisi sunt. Dum praesidia ulla fuerunt, in Sullae praesidiis fuit, id. R. A. 43, 126: to leave one's qs. (as a deserter), praesidium linquere, Cic. Tusc. 3, 8: praesidio decedere, Liv. 4, 29. Join: praesidium et statio: cf. cohortes ex statione et praesidio emissae, Caes. B. G. 6, 42; (fig., of suicide), to desert the qs. and post allotted to one in life, vetat Pythagoras injussu Imperatoris (id est Dei) de praesidio et statione vitae decedere, Cic. Sen. 20, 73. N.B.--For the qs. of a general (besides praetoris stativa, etc., v sup.), use praetōrĭum, n., and princĭpĭa, n. pl.: v. head-quarters: to summon to head-qs., cf. primores centurionum et paucos militum in principia vocat, Tac. H. 3, 13.

III. Also, in military sense, a proper station, an appointed post (esp. as now used, the posts of sailors at their guns, etc.): used by old writers in the sing.:

1. stătĭo, ōnis, f.: "to keep quarter" (Bacon), in statione manere, Ov. M. 1, 627 (adapted): they were at qs., in statione erant, Caes.: adj., soldiers at qs., stationarii milites, Ulp. Dig. 11, 4, 1.
2. praesĭdium, n. (v. sup.): esp. pr. statīvum, Liv. 41, 1. Join: (several military terms used fig.), haec mea sedes est, haec vigilia, haec custodia, hoc praesidium stativum, Cic. Phil. 12, 10, 24. To place at qs., disponere stationes, custodia, Caes. B. G. 5, 33: cohortes, ib. 3, 88: dispertire: cf. dispertiti viri: dispertiti ordines, Pl. Am. 1, 1, 65: to take up, go to, run to, qs., se collocare, Caes. B. G. 4, 33 (adapted); se colligere in aciem, Hirt. B. 70: concurrere: cf. (fig.) undique ad commune incendium restinguendum conc., Cic. Phil. 10, 10, 21: to your qs.! concurrite! concurrite! Val. Max. 4, 1, No. 12; freq. concursare, Caes. B. G. 5, 33: a rush to qs., concursus: cf. conc. fit celeriter in praetorium, Caes. B. C. 1, 76: undique concursus, Hor. S. 1, 9, 78 (adapted): to beat (or pipe) to qs., *signum concursui (or se colligendi) canere (the context distinguishing this from the signal for an onset or a rally).

IV. Phr.: to come to close qs.: (i.) gen. of two armies, signa conferre, etc.: v. to engage: TO JOIN BATTLE: (ii.) esp. in contrast to skirmishing and fighting with missiles.

1. consĕro, ŭi, sertum, 3: usu. with manum, cf. signa contulit, manum conseruit, magnas copias hostium fudit, Cic. Mur. 9, 20: with an enemy, manum cons. cum aliquo, Cic. Att. 7, 20: plur., manus inter se cons., Liv. 7, 40: then, when they came to close qs., consertis deinde manibus, id. 1, 25: of a naval engagement: so, when their ship came to close qs., et sicubi conserta navis esset (sing. indef.), Liv. 21, 50. (Note: pugnam cons. is simply to join battle, id. ib. and 32, 10: both at a distance): absol. (rare), id. 44, 4. Other phrr. with manus: ad manum accedere, Nep. Eum. 5: pugna jam ad manus venerat, Liv. 2, 46: manu decertare.
2. at close qs.: Phr.: with adv. commĭnus or cōminus (hand to hand, from con and manus), opp. to ēmĭnus: cf. nec em. hastis aut com. gladiis uterentur, Cic. de Sen. 6, 19: dum locus com. pugnandi daretur, Caes. B. C. 1, 58: veterani com. acriter instare, Sall. C. 60: com. conferre signa, Liv. 1, 33: to struggle at close qs. with an obstinate enemy, adversus resistentes com. niti, Tac. A. 4, 51.

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