ration
ration
subs.
Provisions: P. and V. τροφή, ἡ, P. σιτηρέσιον, τό.
subs.
Provisions: P. and V. τροφή, ἡ, P. σιτηρέσιον, τό.
RATION
demensum; cibus or victus diurnus: rations cibaria (plur.).
demensum; cibus or victus diurnus: rations cibaria (plur.).
ration:
I. A fixed portion of food or drink given to slaves.
1. dēmensum (dīmensum), sc. frumentum: Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 9: Pl.: by analogy, he restored to the senators their r., senatoribus ... dimensum restituit, Ael. Spart. Hadr. 7.
2. diārium; also pl. diaria, orum: Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 40: the servants demand their r.s, pueri diaria poscunt, Mart. 11, 109, 3.
3. diurnus cibus or victus: by defrauding the slaves of a portion of their daily r., fraudando parte d. cibi servitia, Liv. 4, 12: prevented from seeking their daily r., diurnum victum prohibiti quaerere, Suet. Ner. 36: also with subs. understood, Sen. Ep. 80, 8.
II. Soldiers' provisions:
1. cĭbāria, orum: cooked r.s for 10 days, decem dierum cocta c., Liv. 21, 49: r.s for 17 days, cibaria decem et septem (dierum), Ael. Lampr. Sev. 47.
2. meton. annōna: he gave r.s to the orators, oratoribus annonas dedit, Ael. Lampr. ib. 44: r.s for 17 days, annona decem dierum et septem, Amm. Marc. 17, 9: also pl. (he so arranged the soldiers) that they might receive their rations in their barracks, ut in mansionibus annonas acciperent, Ael. Lampr. Sev. 47. Phr.: receiving public r.s, alimentariae (puellae): Capit. Anton. Pl. 8. Phr.: double r.s, duplex frumentum, Liv. 7, 37.
I. A fixed portion of food or drink given to slaves.
1. dēmensum (dīmensum), sc. frumentum: Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 9: Pl.: by analogy, he restored to the senators their r., senatoribus ... dimensum restituit, Ael. Spart. Hadr. 7.
2. diārium; also pl. diaria, orum: Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 40: the servants demand their r.s, pueri diaria poscunt, Mart. 11, 109, 3.
3. diurnus cibus or victus: by defrauding the slaves of a portion of their daily r., fraudando parte d. cibi servitia, Liv. 4, 12: prevented from seeking their daily r., diurnum victum prohibiti quaerere, Suet. Ner. 36: also with subs. understood, Sen. Ep. 80, 8.
II. Soldiers' provisions:
1. cĭbāria, orum: cooked r.s for 10 days, decem dierum cocta c., Liv. 21, 49: r.s for 17 days, cibaria decem et septem (dierum), Ael. Lampr. Sev. 47.
2. meton. annōna: he gave r.s to the orators, oratoribus annonas dedit, Ael. Lampr. ib. 44: r.s for 17 days, annona decem dierum et septem, Amm. Marc. 17, 9: also pl. (he so arranged the soldiers) that they might receive their rations in their barracks, ut in mansionibus annonas acciperent, Ael. Lampr. Sev. 47. Phr.: receiving public r.s, alimentariae (puellae): Capit. Anton. Pl. 8. Phr.: double r.s, duplex frumentum, Liv. 7, 37.