diogmitae

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dĭōgmītae, ārum, m., = ΔΙΩΓΜΙΤΑΙ [from διωγμός, pursuit],

a sort of lightarmed frontier troops kept for the pursuit of robbers , Amm. 27, 9; Capitol. Anton. Philos. 21.