ăbĭtus, ūs, m. [abeo], a going away, departure.
I Lit., in abstr. (class.): cum videam miserum hunc tam excruciarier ejus abitu, Ter. Heaut. 414; 746; Lucr. 1, 457 and 677; * Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 54, § 125; Plin. 18, 31, 74, § 311 al.—
II Transf., in concr., the place through which one goes , the outlet , place of egress (as aditus, of entrance): omnemque abitum custode coronant, they surround the outlet with guards , Verg. A. 9, 380; so in plur.: circumjecta vehicula sepserant abitus, barricaded the passages out , Tac. A. 14, 37.