succenturio

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

suc-centŭrĭo (subc-), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a.,

to receive as a recruit into a centuria; hence, transf., to put in the place of another, receive as a substitute (very rare): succenturiare est explendae centuriae gratiā supplere, subicere, Plaut. ap. Saturione: succenturia, centum require, qui te delectent domi, Fest. p. 306 Müll.: nunc prior adito tu, ego in insidiis hic ere Succenturiatus, si quid deficies, as a reserve , Ter. Phorm. 233; cf.: tota metaphora de re militari est. Succenturiati dicuntur, qui explendae centuriae gratiā subiciunt se ad supplementum ordinum, Don. ad. h. l.: et alia esca melior atque amplior succenturietur, Favor. ap. Gell. 15, 8, 2.

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