"miles" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmiː.les/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmiːɫ̪ɛs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmi.les/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmiːles] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown. Possibly of Etruscan origin. The suffix seems similar to that of pedes, eques, veles, comes, but the origin of mīl- is opaque. A connection to mīlia (“thousands”), perhaps as "person going by the thousand(s)", is difficult to confidently motivate semantically. Etymology templates: {{unk|la}} Unknown, {{bor|la|ett|-}} Etruscan Head templates: {{la-noun|mīles/mīlit<3>|g=m|g2=f}} mīles m or f (genitive mīlitis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|mīles/mīlit<3>}} Forms: mīles [canonical, feminine, masculine], mīlitis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], mīles [nominative, singular], mīlitēs [nominative, plural], mīlitis [genitive, singular], mīlitum [genitive, plural], mīlitī [dative, singular], mīlitibus [dative, plural], mīlitem [accusative, singular], mīlitēs [accusative, plural], mīlite [ablative, singular], mīlitibus [ablative, plural], mīles [singular, vocative], mīlitēs [plural, vocative], mīlex [alternative]
  1. (military) A soldier. Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Military, Occupations
    Sense id: en-miles-la-noun-dnCdlUFH Disambiguation of Occupations: 64 5 32 Topics: government, military, politics, war
  2. (Medieval Latin) A knight. Tags: Medieval-Latin, declension-3
    Sense id: en-miles-la-noun-lVuiq8Yw Categories (other): Medieval Latin
  3. A man in boardgames such as ludus latrunculi and chess. Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Chess
    Sense id: en-miles-la-noun-g-c8vO~8 Disambiguation of Chess: 6 6 87 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 5 5 91 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 21 21 57 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 21 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mīlitāris, mīlitāriter, mīlitārius, mīlitia, mīlitō Related terms: rēx, rēgīna, turris, sagittifer, eques, pedes
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
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        "A knight."
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        "(Medieval Latin) A knight."
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          "_dis": "21 21 57",
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          "parents": [],
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          "ludus latrunculi",
          "ludus latrunculi"
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      "ipa": "[ˈmiːɫ̪ɛs̠]",
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        "Classical-Latin"
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      "ipa": "/ˈmi.les/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmiːles]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miles"
}
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        "war"
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        "(Medieval Latin) A knight."
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    },
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      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmi.les/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmiːles]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miles"
}

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