expĕdītĭo (noun F) : expedio.
* Milit. t. t., an enterprise against the enemy, an expedition, campaign: tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem misit, * Caes. B. G. 5, 10, 1; cf.: in expeditionem exercitum educere, * Cic. Div. 1, 33, 72; Hirt. B. G. 8, 34, 3; Suet. Caes. 46; id. Aug. 8; 25 et saep.; Curt. 7, 9; Plin. 12, 6, 12, § 24 al.— *
* Transf., of bees: apes noctu deprehensae in expeditione, excubant supinae,Plin. 11, 8, 8, § 19.
* In rhetoric. *
* An unfolding, developing, settling, determining: habet paucis comprehensa brevitas multarum rerum expeditionem,Auct. Her. 4, 54, 68.—*
* In architect., an arranging, preparing of buildings, Vitr. 6, 5, 3; 8, 6, 5 Schneid.

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