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|lshtext=<b>mūnĭo</b>: (old form [[moenio]], v. [[below]]), īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (<br /><b>I</b> fut. munibis for munies, Veg. Vet. 1, 10, 5), v. a. [[moenia]], lit. to [[wall]]; [[hence]], to [[build]] a [[wall]] [[around]], to [[defend]] [[with]] a [[wall]], to [[fortify]], [[defend]], [[protect]], [[secure]], [[put]] in a [[state]] of [[defence]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: arcem ad urbem obsidendam, Nep. Tim. 3, 3: palatium, Liv. 1, 7: locum, Caes. B. G. 1, 24, 3.—With abl.: Alpibus Italiam munierat [[ante]] [[natura]], Cic. Prov. Cons. 14, 34: domum praesidiis, id. Cat. 1, 4, 10: [[castra]] [[vallo]] fossāque, [[with]] palisades and a [[trench]], Caes. B. G. 2, 5: locum [[muro]], id. ib. 29.—With a homogeneous [[object]], prov.: magna moenis [[moenia]], [[you]] are [[undertaking]] a [[great]] [[thing]], Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 73: [[duovir]] urbis moeniendae, Inscr. Orell. 7142.— Absol.: [[quod]] idoneum ad muniendum putarent, for fortifying, i. e. for [[use]] in the fortifications, Nep. Them. 6, 21; Hirt. B. G. 8, 31. —Also, to [[surround]], [[guard]], for the [[protection]] of [[other]] things: ignem ita munire ut non evagaretur, Mos. et Rom. Leg. Coll. 12, 7, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[defend]], [[guard]], [[secure]], [[protect]], [[shelter]]: [[Pergamum]] divinā moenitum manu, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 2: hortum ab incursu hominum, Col. 11, 3, 2: [[spica]] [[contra]] avium morsūs munitur [[vallo]] aristarum, Cic. Sen. 15, 51: hieme quaternis tunicis et tibialibus muniebatur, he defended, protected, [[covered]] [[himself]], Suet. Aug. 82. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[make]] a [[road]], etc., i. e. to [[make]] [[passable]] by [[opening]], repairing, or paving it: [[quasi]] [[Appius]] [[Caecus]] viam munierit, Cic. Mil. 7, 17: rupem, Liv. 21, 37: itinera, Nep. Hann. 3, 4: TEMPE MVNIVIT, Inscr. Orell. 587. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[guard]], [[secure]], [[strengthen]], [[support]] (cf.: [[fulcio]], [[sustineo]]): meretriculis Muniendis rem cogere, to [[maintain]], [[support]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 54 (dub.; Speng. moenerandis; v. [[munero]]).—Am strengthening [[myself]]: [[munio]] me ad haec tempora, Cic. Fam. 9, 18, 2: [[imperium]], to [[secure]], Nep. Reg. 2, 2: muniri [[adversus]] fraudes, to [[secure]] one's [[self]], Plin. 37, 13, 76, § 198 (dub. moneri, Jahn): se [[contra]] ruborem, Tac. Agr. 45: se multorum benevolentiā, Cic. Fin. 2, 26, 84: se [[contra]] perfidiam, id. Fam. 4, 14, 3: aliquid auctoritate, Vell. 2, 127, 2: domum terrore, Plin. [[Pan]]. 48, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Munire viam, to [[make]] or [[open]] a [[way]]: haec omnia [[tibi]] accusandi viam muniebant, [[prepared]] the [[way]] for [[your]] [[accusation]], Cic. Mur. 23, 48: sibi viam ad [[stuprum]], id. Verr. 2, 1, 25, § 64.—Hence, mūnītus, a, um, P. a., defended, [[fortified]], protected, secured, [[safe]] ([[class]].): nullius [[pudicitia]] munita [[contra]] tuam cupiditatem et audaciam posset esse, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 39.—Neutr. plur. munita as subst.: munita viāi, [[fortification]] or breastwork of the [[mouth]] (cf. [[Homer]]. [[ἕρκος]] ὀδόντων), the lips, Lucr. 3, 498.—Comp.: se munitiorem ad custodiendam vitam suam [[fore]], Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 3.—Sup.: munitissima [[castra]], Caes. B. G. 4, 55.—Adv.: mūnītē, [[securely]], [[safely]] ([[ante]]-[[class]].): munitius, Varr. L. L. 5, § 141. Müll.<br /><b>munĭo</b>: ōnis, a false [[reading]] for nomionem, v. Orell. and Klotz, ad h. l.; Cic. de Or. 1, 59, 251.