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|lshtext=<b>commĕātus</b>: ([[conm]]-), ūs, m. id..<br /><b>I</b> A [[going]] to and [[fro]], [[passing]] [[freely]], [[going]] at [[will]]: in eo conclavid ego perfodi parietem, Quā conmeatus [[clam]] esset [[hinc]] huc mulieri, Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 65; cf.: commeatum vocis exercent [[fauces]], Pall. 1, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> [[Meton]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> A [[place]] [[through]] [[which]] one can [[pass]] [[back]] and [[forth]], a [[thoroughfare]], [[passage]] ([[rare]]; cf.: [[abitus]], [[aditus]], [[circuitus]], etc.): [[nimis]] [[beat]], [[quod]] conmeatus transtinet [[trans]] parietem, Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 58: per hortum [[utroque]] conmeatus continet, id. Stich. 3, 1, 44; Dig. 43, 8, 2, § 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> A [[leave]] of [[absence]] from one's [[station]] for a [[definite]] [[time]], a [[furlough]]: commeare, [[ultro]] [[citro]] [[ire]]: [[unde]] [[commeatus]] dari dicitur, id est [[tempus]], quo [[ire]], redire [[quis]] posset, Fest. p. 277, 27 Müll.: [[dare]] commeatum totius aestatis, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 62: petere, Vell. 2, 11, 2; Suet. Tib. 10; id. Ner. 35; id. Galb. 6; id. Claud. 23: sumere, Liv. 3, 46, 10: [[dare]], id. 3, 46, 9; Suet. Calig. 29: accipere, Plin. Ep. 3, 4, 2: in commeatu esse, to be on [[furlough]], Liv. 33, 29, 4: commeatu abesse, Suet. Tib. 72; Dig. 4, 6, 35, § 9: in iis stativis [[satis]] [[liberi]] [[commeatus]] erant, Liv. 1, 57, 4: (legiones) promiscuis militum commeatibus infirmaverat, Tac. A. 15, 10; cf. id. H. 1, 46: cum [[miles]] ad [[commeatus]] diem non adfuit, on the [[day]] [[when]] the [[furlough]] expired, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 14, 24: commeatūs [[spatium]] excedere, Dig. 49, 16, 14: [[ultra]] commeatum abesse, ib. 50, 1, 2, § 6.—Transf.: [[cras]] [[igitur]] (sc. proficiscar), [[nisi]] [[quid]] a te [[commeatus]], Cic. Att. 13, 41 fin. dub. (al. commeat); v. Orell. N. cr.: [[longum]] mihi commeatum dederat [[mala]] [[valetudo]], [[rest]], Sen. Ep. 54, 1: [[servitus]] assidua... [[sine]] [[intervallo]], [[sine]] commeatu, id. Q. N. 3, praef. § 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[train]], a [[convoy]], [[caravan]], a [[company]] carried, a [[transportation]], [[trip]], [[passage]]: [[Londinium]] copiā negotiatorum et commeatuum [[maxime]] celebre, Tac. A. 14, 33; 13, 39; Suet. Ner. 20: duobus commeatibus exercitum reportare instituit, Caes. B. G. 5, 23: [[secundum]] commeatum in Africam mittit ad Caesarem, Auct. B. Afr. 34: commeatibus per municipia ac colonias dispositis, [[supplies]] of provisions, relays of horses, etc., Suet. Tib. 38: cerneres [[canes]]... per omnem [[nostrum]] commeatum morsibus ambulare, App. M. 8, p. 209, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> Provisions, [[supplies]] ([[very]] freq., esp. in the histt., in <[[number]] opt="n">[[sing]].</[[number]]> and <[[number]] opt="n">plur.</[[number]]>): interclude inimicis commeatum; [[tibi]] muni viam, Quā [[cibatus]] commeatusque ad te et legiones tuas Tuto possit pervenire, Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 sq.; cf.: importare in coloniam, id. Ep. 3, 2, 7: ex omnibus provinciis commeatu et [[publico]] et [[privato]] prohibebamur, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 17, 53: ne [[foro]] [[quidem]] et commeatu juvare populum Romanum, id. Verr. 2, 5, 21, § 52: commeatu nostros prohibere, Caes. B. G. 2, 9 fin.: [[neque]] exercitum [[sine]] magno commeatu [[atque]] molimento in unum locum contrahere posse, id. ib. 1, 34; Quint. 8, 6, 26: maritimi, Liv. 5, 54, 4: ex montibus invecti, id. 9, 13, 10: advecti, id. 9, 32, 2: [[convecto]], id. 2, 14, 3 al.; Suet. Calig. 43: magni [[commeatus]] frumenti Romam subvecti, Liv. 28, 4, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Freq. opp. [[frumentum]], the [[remaining]] [[supplies]] of [[war]]: ad Vesontionem rei frumentariae commeatūsque causā moratur, Caes. B. G. 1, 39: uti frumento commeatuque Caesarem intercluderet, id. ib. 1, 48; 3, 6; 3, 23 fin.; cf. Plaut. Mil. 2, 2, 70 [[supra]].—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Transf.: [[commeatus]] [[argentarius]], [[gain]] [[acquired]] by [[money]] transactions, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 9.