Expeditio, ônis, f. ge. Verbale. Cæsa. A setting foorth towardes warre, an expedition: a voyage.Expeditionem conficere ternis mensibus. Plin. To dispatche his voyage in three moneths.Educere exercitum in expeditionem.Cic.Apes noctu deprehensæ in expeditione excubant supinæ. Plin. Mittere in expeditionem, Vide MITTO.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
expĕdītĭo, ōnis, f. [expedio]. I.Milit. t. t., an enterprise against the enemy, an expedition, campaign: tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem misit, Caes. B. G. 5, 10, 1; cf.: in expeditionem exercitum educere, Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Hirt. B. G. 8, 34, 3; Suet. Caes. 46; id. Aug. 8; 25 et saep.; Curt. 7, 9; Plin. 12, 6, 12, 24 al.— B.Transf., of bees: apes noctu deprehensae in expeditione, excubant supinae, Plin. 11, 8, 8, 19.—II. In rhetoric. A.An unfolding, developing, settling, determining: habet paucis comprehensa brevitas multarum rerum expeditionem, Auct. Her. 4, 54, 68.— B. A figure of speech, a despatching, removing, Auct. Her. 4, 29, 40. —III. In architect., an arranging, preparing of buildings, Vitr. 6, 5, 3; 8, 6, 5 Schneid.