Viáticum, viátici, n. g. pe. cor. Ci. All things necessarie for iourny: be it in victuals or other things: volage: proutstõ: costageVelim videas & quid viatici & quid instrumÊti satis sit. Ci. Collecta viatica multis ærumnis. Hor. Habere viaticum. Cice. Iar gum & liberale viaticum.Cic.Viatica cœna. Plau. A banket giuen to one at his departing on his iourney.
vĭātĭcus, a, um, adj. [via], of or belonging to a road or journey, viatic.I.Adj. (very rare): cena,
a parting meal
,
farewell repast
, Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 61; so perh. factum, id. Trin. 4, 2, 45; v. Ritschl ad h. l.— II.Subst.: vĭātĭcum, i, n., travellingmoney, provision for a journey, viaticum (freq. and class.). A.Lit., Plaut. Capt. 2, 3, 89; id. Ep. 5, 1, 9; id. Poen. prol. 71; Cic. Sen. 18, 66; Liv. 44, 22, 13; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 54; Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 5.—Esp., Charon's fare, App. M. 6, p. 180, 32 al.—2.Transf. (late Lat.), a journey: extensa viatica, Ven. Fort. Misc. prol.— 3.Trop.: magnum viaticum ex se atque in se ad rempublicam evertendam habere, resources, means, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 17, 2, 13.—B.Transf.1.Money made by a soldier in the wars, savings, prize-money, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 26; Suet. Caes. 68.—2.Money to pay the expenses of one studying abroad, Dig. 12, 1, 17.