viaticum

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Derived terms 2.3.3 Related terms 2.3.4 Descendants 2.4 References

[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /vaɪˈatɪkəm/

[edit] 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

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /wiˈaː.ti.kum/

[edit] 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

[edit] Inflection

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

[edit] Derived terms

• viāticātus
• viāticulum

[edit] Related terms

• via
• viāticus
• viātor
• viātōrius

[edit] Descendants

• English: viaticum

[edit] References

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