Viatĭcum
(
ἐφόδιον). Anything necessary as a preparation for a
journey, as food, money, clothes, etc. (Pliny ,
Epist. vii. 12). It is also
technically applied to the provision made by the State for an official when going upon a
public mission (also called
legativum), generally furnished by
contractors (
redemptores) for a fixed sum (Livy , xli. 1; Dio Cass. liii.
15). See Mommsen,
Röm. Staatsrecht, i. 301.