How do you use Viae in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Viae meaning
plural of via
Using Viae
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of via
- In the example corpus, viae often appears in combinations such as: the viae, viae vicinales, prepared viae.
Context around Viae
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 8 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Viae
- In this selection, "viae" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, prepared, building, agger, vicinales, terrenae and rusticae stand out and add context to how "viae" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include building viae was a and heading of viae privatae were. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "viae" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with viae
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Viae were generally centrally placed in the countryside. (8 words)
Beyond the secondary roads were the viae terrenae, "dirt roads". (10 words)
With the term viae militariae compare the Icknield Way (e. (10 words)
Dorsum or agger viae: the elliptical surface or crown of the road (media stratae eminentia) made of polygonal blocks of silex (basaltic lava) or rectangular blocks of saxum qitadratum (travertine, peperino, or other stone of the country). (37 words)
They could require the neighboring landowners either to furnish laborers for the general repair of the viae vicinales, or to keep in repair, at their own expense, a certain length of road passing through their respective properties. (37 words)
In the early days of the viae, when little unofficial provision existed, houses placed near the road were required by law to offer hospitality on demand. (26 words)
Example sentences (15)
A road map of the empire reveals that it was generally laced with a dense network of prepared viae.
Beyond the secondary roads were the viae terrenae, "dirt roads".
Building viae was a military responsibility and thus came under the jurisdiction of a consul.
Dorsum or agger viae: the elliptical surface or crown of the road (media stratae eminentia) made of polygonal blocks of silex (basaltic lava) or rectangular blocks of saxum qitadratum (travertine, peperino, or other stone of the country).
Features off the via were connected to the via by viae rusticae, or secondary roads.
Governance and financing With the conquest of Italy, prepared viae were extended from Rome and its vicinity to outlying municipalities, sometimes overlying earlier roads.
In the country districts, as has been stated, the magistri pagorum had authority to maintain the viae vicinales.
In the early days of the viae, when little unofficial provision existed, houses placed near the road were required by law to offer hospitality on demand.
Such roads ran either into a high road, or into other viae vicinales, without any direct communication with a high road.
These prepared but unpaved roads were viae glareae or sternendae ("to be strewn").
They could require the neighboring landowners either to furnish laborers for the general repair of the viae vicinales, or to keep in repair, at their own expense, a certain length of road passing through their respective properties.
Under the heading of viae privatae were also included roads leading from the public or high roads to particular estates or settlements.
Viae were generally centrally placed in the countryside.
Via terrena The Viae terrenae were plain roads of leveled earth.
With the term viae militariae compare the Icknield Way (e.
Common combinations with viae
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: