oppidum mari adiacet– the town lies near the sea.
villa tangit viam– the country-house stands near the road.
oppidum colli impositum est– the town stands on rising ground.
oppidum monti subiectum est– the town lies at the foot of a mountain.
promunturium in mare procurrit– a promontory juts out into the sea.
paeninsula in mare excurrit, procurrit– a peninsula projects into the sea.
promunturium superare– to double a cape.
urbs in sinu sita est– the city is situate on a bay.
2. Boundary – Territory – Distance
tangere, attingere terram– to be contiguous, adjacent to a country.
finitimum 15 esse terrae– to be contiguous, adjacent to a country.
continentem esse terrae or cum terra (Fam. 15. 2. 2) – to have the same boundaries; to be coterminous.
Gallia Rhodano continetur (vid. sect. V. 4., note contineri aliqua re…) – Gaul is bounded by the Rhone.16
Rhodanus Sequanos ab Helvetiis dividit– the Rhone.17 is the frontier between the Helvetii and the Sequani.
fines (imperii) propagare, extendere, (longius) proferre– to enlarge the boundaries of a kingdom.
(ex) finibus excedere– to evacuate territory.
in Sequanis– in the country of the Sequani.
in Sequanos proficisci– to invade the territory of the Sequani.
porrigi ad septentriones– to stretch northwards.
haec gens pertinet usque ad Rhenum– the territory of this race extends as far as the Rhine.
in latitudinem, in longitudinem patere– to extend in breadth, in length.
late patere 18 (also metaphorically vid. sect. VIII. 8) – to have a wide extent.
imperium orbis terrarum terminis definitur– the empire reaches to the ends of the world.
longe, procul abesse ab urbe– to be far from town.
prope (propius, proxime) abesse– to be not far away.
paribus intervallis distare– to be equidistant.
tantundem viae est– the road is the same length.
longo spatio, intervallo interiecto– at a great distance.
intervallo locorum et temporum disiunctum esse– to be separated by an immense interval of space and time.
a mille passibus– a mile away.
e longinquo– from a distance.
loca longinqua– distant places.
ultimae terrae– the most distant countries, the world's end.
extremae terrae partes– the most distant countries, the world's end.
longinquae nationes– distant nations.
3. Road – Travel
viam sternere (silice, saxo)– to pave a road.
substruere viam glarea (Liv. 41. 27) – to make a gravel path.
via strata– a street, a made road.
via trita 19– a well-trodden, much-frequented way.
viam munire 20– to make a road.
viam patefacere, aperire– to open a route.
ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)– to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks).
viam intercludere– to obstruct a road; to close a route.
iter obstruere– to obstruct a road; to close a route.
via fert, ducit aliquo– a road leads somewhere.
in viam se dare– to set out on a journey.
viae se committere– to set out on a journey.
viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically) – to enter upon a route; to take a road.
rectā (viā)– straight on.
de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically) – to turn aside from the right way; to deviate.
(de via) decedere alicui– make way for any one.
Appia via proficisci– to set out by the Appian road.
erranti viam monstrare– to direct a person who has lost his way.
errores Ulixis– the wanderings of Ulysses.
viam persequi (also metaphorically) – to continue one's journey, pursue one's course.
longam viam conficere– to accomplish a long journey.
fessus de via– weary with travelling; way-worn.
Hercules 21 in trivio, in bivio, in compitis– Hercules at the cross-roads, between virtue and vice.
iter facere– (1) to take a journey, (2) to make, lay down a road (rare).
una iter facere– to travel together.
iter ingredi (pedibus, equo, terra)– to begin a journey (on foot, on horseback, by land).
iter aliquo dirigere, intendere– to journey towards a place.
tendere aliquo– to journey towards a place.
longum itineris spatium emetiri– to finish a very long journey.
ex itinere redire 22– to return from a journey.
in itinere 23– on a journey; by the way.
iter terrestre, pedestre– travel by land, on foot.
itinera diurna nocturnaque– travelling day and night.
iter unius diei or simply diei– a day's journey.
iter impeditum– an impassable road.
disiunctissimas ultimas terras peragrare (not permigrare) – to travel through the most remote countries.
peregrinatio– a foreign journey.
peregrinari, peregre esse– to be travelling abroad.
peregre proficisci– to go abroad.
aliquem proficiscentem prosequi– to accompany any one when starting; to see a person off.
aliquem proficiscentem votis ominibusque prosequi (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi…) – to wish any one a prosperous journey.
rus excurrere– to make a pleasure-trip into the country.
ruri vivere, rusticari– to live in the country.
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