viaticum

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin viāticum (“travelling-money, provisions for a journey”), from viāticus (“of a road or journey”), from via (“road”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /vaɪˈatɪkəm/

Noun

viaticum (plural viatica)

1. The Eucharist, when given to a person who is dying or one in danger of death.
2. Provisions, money, or other supplies given to someone setting off on a long journey (often figurative).
   • 1885, Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 20:

     Towards night-fall he entered a town called Sa’adiyah where he alighted and took out somewhat of his viaticum and ate

   • 1971, Anthony Burgess, M/F, Penguin 2004, p. 184:

     That viaticum I had been made to drink had undoubtedly been spiked with cantharides or something

Translations

Eucharist

• Danish: viaticum (da)
• Dutch: viaticum (nl)
• French: viatique (fr) m
• Italian: viatico (it) m

• Polish: wiatyk m
• Spanish: viático (es) m
• Swedish: viaticum (sv)

supplies for journey

• French: viatique (fr) m

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Latin

Etymology

From viāticus (“of a road or journey”), from via (“road”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /wiˈaː.ti.kum/

Noun

viāticum (genitive viāticī); n, second declension

1. travelling-money; provision for a journey
2. (figuratively) a journey
3. resources; means
4. money made abroad, especially as a soldier, or used to travel abroad

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	viāticum	viātica
genitive	viāticī	viāticōrum
dative	viāticō	viāticīs
accusative	viāticum	viātica
ablative	viāticō	viāticīs
vocative	viāticum	viātica

Derived terms

• viāticātus
• viāticulum

Related terms

• via
• viāticus
• viātor
• viātōrius

Descendants

Catalan: viatge English: viaticum, voyage French: voyage Italian: viaggio, viatico

Occitan: viatge Portuguese: viagem Spanish: viaje

References

• viaticum in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1879