munio

From moenia.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmuː.ni.oː/, [ˈmuːnioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmu.ni.o/, [ˈmuːnio]

mūniō (present infinitive mūnīre, perfect active mūnīvī or mūniī, supine mūnītum); fourth conjugation

1. to provide with defensive works, fortify

   Synonym: immunīo

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita 29.4:

     mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tēla arma parāre

     to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of weapons and armour

   1. (of natural fortifications)
   2. to build (as) a fortification
2. (of soldiers or sim.) to guard from attack, defend
3. to strengthen, secure

   Synonyms: firmō, cōnfirmō, fortificō, cōnsolidō, sistō

   Antonyms: dēterō, atterō, minuō, frangō, tenuō, afficiō

4. (transferred sense) to protect with a covering
5. (figurative) to safeguard, uphold or buttress (of a person, institution, etc.)
6. (figurative) to defend, protect, secure

   Synonyms: prōtegō, dēfendō, tegō, cū̆stōdiō, tūtor, teneō, arceō, servō, adsum

   Antonyms: immineō, īnstō, obiectō

7. to build up so as to give a firm surface to, to construct or repair (of a road, other raised areas)

   Mūnīta via

   Paved road

   1. to provide with a road, make passable

• mūnīmentum
• mūnīmen

• praemūniō

• → English: munite
• French: munir
• → Portuguese: munir
• Spanish: munir
• Italian: munire

“mūniō” on page 1260 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)

• “munio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “munio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• munio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to make a road: viam munire
    
  • to make a fortified, entrenched camp: castra munire
    
  • to fortify the camp with a rampart: castra munire vallo (aggere)