escort (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. praesĭdium (for protection)2. cŏmĭtātus, ūs (any attendant train) • escort (subs.): 1. praesĭdium (for protection): v. guard. 2. cŏmĭtātus, ūs (any attendant train): v. retinue. See also convoy.
escort (v.) Copy link Outline 1. dēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to attend by way of doing honour)2. cŏmĭtor, 13. prōsĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to attend to a distance) • escort (v.): 1. dēdūco, xi, ctum, 3 (to attend by way of doing honour): when a great number of highly respectable citizens e.'d me from my home, quum magna multitudo optimorum civium me domo deduceret, Cic. Fam. 10, 12, med.: Liv. 2. cŏmĭtor, 1: v. to accompany. More fully, praesidii causa comitari: v. guard. 3. prōsĕquor, cūtus, 3 (to attend to a distance): to e. a person into the country, rus aliquem pr., Pl.: to e. a person (some distance) on his way, aliquem proficiscentem p., Cic. Att. 6, 3, 3: v. to attend. Phr.: two legions e.'d the baggage, duae legiones impedimentis [in itinere] praesidio erant, Caes. B. G. 2, 19.
ESCORT Copy link • ESCORT 1. s. praesidium (as a protection): custodia (as a guard). (The words are found in this connection and order.) custodia ac praesidium: with an escort, cum praesidio: cum custodibus: with an escort of Macedonians, prosequentibus Macedonibus: to give anybody an escort, praesidium alicui dare. To send anybody any where with an escort, praesidio dato, or cum custodibus aliquem mittere aliquo. 2. v. praesidio esse alicui: custodiae esse alicui [SYN. in ESCORT, s.] : prosequi aliquem (as a mark of respect).