convoy (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A train or company1. commeātus, ūs2. cŏmĭtātus, ūsII. The protecting escort • convoy (subs.): I. A train or company: 1. commeātus, ūs: esp. of supplies: v. caravan. 2. cŏmĭtātus, ūs: v. train. II. The protecting escort: praesĭdium: applicable to any guard: "praesidium dedit ut tuto perveniret," Nep. Epam. 4: so, to serve as a c., may be expr. by praesidio esse [in itinere], v. protection: a c. of ships, praesidiariae naves.