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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.— *
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.
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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 5.10.1
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 8.34.3
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 8
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 6.5.3
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 8.6.5
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 46
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 11.19
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 12.24
    • Cicero, De Divinatione, 1.33
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 7.9
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