garrison (subs.) Copy link • garrison (subs.): praesĭdium (any body of troops acting as a guard): having taken possession of the town, he stations a g. there, occupato oppido, ibi p. collocat, Caes.: to fortify a town and leave a g. there, (oppidum) communire, p.que imponere, Liv.: so, p. constituere, Caes. B. G. 7, 7: to withdraw a g. from a place, p. ab (de) oppido deducere, Cic.: Liv. (v. to evacuate): to expel a g. from a citadel, p. ex arce expellere, Nep. Epam. 10: to strengthen or occupy a place with a g., locum praesidiis firmare, Sall. Jug. 23; confirmare, Cic. Agr. 1, 5, 16: to be on g., in praesidio esse, cf. Front. 3, 17, init.
garrison (v.) Copy link • garrison (v.): Phr.: to g. a town, in oppido praesidium collocare, imponere: v. preced. art.
GARRISON Copy link • GARRISON 1. s. praesidium (also = milites praesidiarii; i. e., the soldiers forming the garrison): praesidium stativum (the soldiers, considered as having their permanent quarters there): stativa, orum, plur. adjective (sc. castra, the place where the troops are garrisoned). To be in garrison any where, praesidio esse alicui loco (to be placed in a town for its defence); stativa habere aliquo loco (to be stationed there): to be in garrison at Nicomedia, in statione Nicomedensi esse: to remain any where in garrison, aliquo loco relinqui praesidio: to place a garrison in a town, in oppido praesidium ponere, locare, collocare, constituere; locum praesidio firmare, munire; urbi praesidium imponere: to have a garrison, praesidio teneri; praesidio firmatum, munitum esse: to have a strong garrison, firmum praesidium habere; valido praesidio firmatum esse: to strengthen a garrison, praesidium majoribus copiis firmare: to withdraw a garrison, praesidium ex urbe deducere, abducere (general terms); locum praesidio nudare (with the accessory notion of leaving it defenceless): to leave behind one a sufficient garrison, locum tutum relinquere: a regiment in garrison, praesidium stativum. 2. v. To garrison a town [Vid: “to place a GARRISON in a town”]. To be garrisoned any where; Vid: “to be in GARRISON any where.”