Latin

Verb

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

1. I enclose (with a wall/fence)
2. I fortify, defend, protect, secure or safeguard
   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita libri 29.4

     munire urbem, frumentum convehere, tela arma parare

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

3. I build

Inflection

Derived terms

• mūnīmen

Related terms

• praemunio

Descendants

• French: munir

References

• 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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “munio”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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)