march (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Of soldiers1. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n. (any journey)2. agmen, inis, n. (strictly, an army marchingII. As measure of time or distanceIII. Pace, progressIV. Departure of troops • march (subs.): I. Of soldiers: 1. ĭter, ĭtĭnĕris, n. (any journey): to direct one's m. towards a place, i. habere (with acc. of name of town to which), Cic. Att. 8, 11, D: also, i. in aliquam terram intendere, Liv. 21, 29: to hasten a m., i. maturare, Caes. B. C. 1, 63; properare, Tac. A. 15, 12: an unsafe, dangerous m., i. infestum, periculosum, Cic. Ph. 12, 10, 25: to hasten by forced m.s, magnis (maximis) i. contendere, Caes. B. G. 1, 10: strengthened, quam potui maximis i., Cic. Fam. 15, 4, med. See also to march. (N.B.--To do anything on or in the course of a march, expr. by in itinere, or iter faciens; ex itinere only to denote the sending of persons or things from the army marching: cf. Sall. Cat. 34, Catilina ex itinere ... litteras mittit.) 2. agmen, inis, n. (strictly, an army marching: also, the march itself, as a military movement, not a journey directed to a certain point): to take a slave with one on m., servum in a. habere, Sall. Jug. 45: cf. paulo infr., in agmine = when the troops were on m.: to harass the enemy's (line of) m., a. adversariorum male habere et carpere, Caes. B. C. 1, 63. II. As measure of time or distance: Phr.: one day's m., iter unius diei, Cic. Fam. 15, 4, med.: also, diei iter, 44, 7, med.: in two days' m. (lit. encampments), secundis castris, Liv. 44, 7, init.; also, alteris castris, id. 38, 13: in five days' m., quintis castris, Caes. B. G. 7, 36, init. III. Pace, progress: grădus: v. pace. IV. Departure of troops: prŏfectio: to give the signal for march with the trumpet, classico signum profectionis dare, Liv. 2, 59: nearly equivalent is phr. vasa conclamare, to raise the shout for packing up, preliminary to departure: Caes. B. C. 1, 66.
march (v.) Copy link Outline A. Intrans.1. expr. by ĭter, with a verb (cf. preced. art. I.)2. exercitum s. agmen dūco, xi, ctum, 3; with comps.3. eo, 4, irr.4. contendo, di, tum, 3 (with speed)5. comps. of grădior, gressus, 36. incēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (of the pace of troops)7. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3 (to start)B. Trans. • march (v.): A. Intrans.: 1. expr. by ĭter, with a verb (cf. preced. art. I.): to m. by night, noctu iter facere, Caes. B. C. 1, 67: to m. towards Capua, i. Capuam habere (v. march, subs.): they m. straight for the Iberus, recto ad Iberum it. contendunt, Caes. B. C. 1., 69: cf. recto it. pervenit, Liv. 22, 9, init.: to m. without any definite route, nullo certo it. exercitum ducere, ib. 68: to m. incessantly, night and day, nullam partem noctis iter intermittere, Caes. B. G. 1, 26. 2. exercitum s. agmen dūco, xi, ctum, 3; with comps.: he m.'d into the territory of the Olcades, in fines Olcadum ex. induxit, Liv. 21, 5, init.: he m.'s back by the same mountain route, jugis iisdem ex. reducit, id. 22, 15, ad init.: so, agmen jugis ducere, id. 22, 18, med. Also Liv. oft. uses duco as intrans.: (the road) along which Hannibal would have to m., quâ Hannibal ducturus erat, 22, 15, extr.: also, ad hostem ducit, he m.'s to meet the enemy, 22, 12, init. 3. eo, 4, irr.: usu. of immediate advance against an enemy. cf. Caes. B. G. 7, 67, Caesar equitatum suum contra hostem ire jubet: Liv. 4. contendo, di, tum, 3 (with speed): v. to hasten (B, 4). 5. comps. of grădior, gressus, 3: as, progredior (to m. on, forward); egredior (to m. out of a place); regredior (to m. back): after they had m.'d (on) four miles, millia progressi quattuor, Caes. B. C. 1, 80: v. to advance, ISSUE FORTH, retreat. 6. incēdo, ssi, ssum, 3 (of the pace of troops): cf. Liv. 28, 14, ad fin., segnius Hispanorum signa incedebant. 7. prŏfĭciscor, fectus, 3 (to start): v. to set out. B. Trans.: dūco, with comps.: v. supr. (A., 2).
MARCH Copy link • MARCH 1. s. (the month), Martius mensis (Plin.): March wind, mense Martio spiralis, flans: March violet, viola odorata (Linn.). 2. s. Military gait or pace, gradus: quick march, gradus citatus (PROP.), ingressus pleno gradu (figuratively). Military movement, journey of soldiers, iter. On the march, iter faciens (marching; e.g., occisus est): in itinere (during the march): ex itinere (from the march, so that the march is interrupted; Vid: Held., Caes., B.C., 1, 24): to direct a march to a place, iter aliquo facere, conferre, convertere, intendere: to change the line of march, iter mutare, commutare (general term); iter or viam flectere (to lake a side route): to give the order for a march, iter pronunciare (Liv., 30, 10): to give the signal for a march, signum profectionis dare (of a commander): classicum canere (of a trumpeter = to sound a march): march! (as a word of command) procede! plur., procedite: to continue a march, pergere in itinere; iter conficere pergere; (rarely) iter pergere; uninterruptedly, iter continuare, non intermittere: to stop the enemy’s march, prohibere itinere hostes: to hasten a march, iter maturare, pergere. Space to be marched over, iter; iter unius diei; castra, -orum, neuter (a day’s march; the latter with reference to the Roman custom of pitching their camp after each day’s march; Vid: Herzog, Caes., B.G., 7, 36): in three days’ march, trinis castris: on the fifth day’s march, quintis castris (e.g., Caes. Gorgoviam pervenit): after a full day’s march, confecto justo itinere ejus diei: a short day’s march, iter minus: to make a double march, iter diei duplicare: to make forced marches, magnis itineribus contendere (general term); dies noctesque iter facere, die et nocte continuare iter (to continue marching by day and by night): to steal a march upon an enemy, hosti iter praecipes; praevenire hostem breviori via. Departure by marching, profectio. To get ready for a march, profectionem parare: to give the signal for a march, signum profectionis dare. Music to which soldiers march, *modi militares. 3. v. INTRANS., incedere (to march on): progredi, proficisci (to march forth or away): iter facere (to be on the march): castra movere, promovere, also simply movere (to break up a *camp, to march forward). To march three deep, triplici ordine incedere (☞ Curt., 3, 9, 12): they were marching thirty men deep, triginta armatorum ordines ibant (ib.): to march slowly, placide progredi (general term); iter reprimere (to slacken the pace): to march quickly, celeriter progredi (general term); raptim agmen agere (on the march): to march faster, accelerare iter: to march day and night, dies noctesque iter facere; die nocteque continuare iter; diurnis nocturnisque itineribus contendere; to a place, aliquo: to march last, agmen claudere, cogere: to march toward a place, proficisci, iter facere, intendere aliquo: to march into a country, proficisci in, etc.: to march by a place, praeter locum transire; with an army, praeter locum exercitum transducere: to march over a mountain, montem transire, superare: to march very quickly through a country, ingenti celeritate regionem percurrere: to march out, proficisci (ex) loco: to march out to battle, in aciem exire: ad dimicandum procedere (of the soldiers): exercitum in aciem educere (of the general): to march out on an expedition, exercitum in expeditionem educere (of the general): to march out of a town with the troops, copias educere ex or ab urbe (opposed to sese oppido continere): to march out of a camp, copias pro castris produccre (opposed to castris se tenere: exercitum or copias in castris continere): to march out from winter-quarters, ab hibernis discedere. TRANS., deducere exercitum a loco: to march out the troops, copias ex urbe educere, extrahere: to march out troops from their winter-quarters, ex hibernis copias deducere; copias extrahere ex hibernaculis.