by-path Copy link Outline 1. dēvertĭcŭlum2. dēvĭum ĭter3. dēvĭa callis4. trāmes, ĭtis, m.5. sēmĭta (any narrow, less frequented path) • by-path, -road, or -way: 1. dēvertĭcŭlum: Cic.: Suet. 2. dēvĭum ĭter: Cic. 3. dēvĭa callis: Liv. 4. trāmes, ĭtis, m.: Cic.: Virg. 5. sēmĭta (any narrow, less frequented path): Cic.: Virg.
road Copy link Outline 1. via2. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n. (route; whether an artificially formed r. or not)3. sēmĭta (prop. a narrow path)4. līmĕs, ĭtis, m. (prop. a cross-path5. trāmes, ĭtis, m. (prop. a cross-road or by-path)6. agger, ĕris, m. (prop. the raised convex part of a r.) • road: 1. via: there are three r.s ... tres viae, Flaminia ... Aurelia ... Cassia, Cic. Phil. 12, 9, 22: by a hot and dusty r., aestuosa et pulverulenta via, id. Att. 5, 14: a very bad r., via deterrima, ib. 9, 9, 2: to have granted a r. through the farm, viam per fundum dedisse, id. Caecin. 10, 26. Phr.: on the r., inter viam, id. Att. 4, 3, extr.: inter vias, Ter. Eun. 4, 2, 1. Via may be sometimes understood: by some r., aliqua, Liv. 26, 27: by which r., qua, id. 34, 29: by whatever r., quacunque, Cic. Verr. 1, 16, 44: a paved r., strata (via): of an old r., stratae veteris, Eutrop. 9, 15: v. below. 2. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n. (route; whether an artificially formed r. or not): there were two r.s., erant duo itinera, Caes. B. G. 1, 6: on the r., in itinere, Liv. 25, 19: ex itinere (when a letter, messenger, etc., is despatched from some one en route), Sall. Cat. 34. 3. sēmĭta (prop. a narrow path): to have returned by the same r., eadem semita revertisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 23, 57. 4. līmĕs, ĭtis, m. (prop. a cross-path: also in gen. sense): by cross r.s, transversis l., Liv. 22, 12: by a broad and open r., lato et patente l., id. 34, 28: Virg. Aen. 9, 323. 5. trāmes, ĭtis, m. (prop. a cross-road or by-path): by an easy r., facili t., Virg. Aen. 6, 676: by cross r.s., transversis t., Liv. 2, 39. 6. agger, ĕris, m. (prop. the raised convex part of a r.): joined with viae, Virg. Aen. 5, 273: v. Serv. ad l.: in later writers without viae: a r. paved with flint, agger silice crustatus, Sidon. Ep. 1, 5: antiquus a., id. Carm. 24, 5: the Aurelian r., Aurelius a., Rutil. 1, 39. Phr.: a royal r., or short cut: via compendiaria, Cic. Off. 2, 12, 43: compendium viae, Plin. H. N. 5, 5, § 38: compendium, Tac. Ann. 12, 28.
ROAD Copy link • ROADA way, PROP., via (the road itself): iter (journey, route): a made or paved road, via (lapidibus) strata (Liv., 8, 15, 9; in later writers also simply strata. Vid: Eutropius 9, 9, 15). To pave a road, viam lapidibus sternere, consternere. Figuratively, A way, means, via: a right road, via; via certa: a wrong road, error (an error): vitium (a fault): to fall into the wrong road, in errorem induci, rapi (to be led aside, through want of consideration): a virtute discedere, honestatem deserere (through one’s own evil inclination): to be on the wrong road, errare (without knowing it): vitam deviam sequi (wilfully). To bring anybody into the wrong road, aliquem in errorem inducere (to lead into error): aliquem transversum agere (to lead from the path of virtue). A station for ships, statio navium (any anchorage): salum (a part of the open sea, opposite the coast): to lie at anchor in the roads, stare in salo, or in salo ante ostium portus, with or without in ancoris (of ships): in salo esse (of sailors).