expeditio

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.