"miles" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈmiː.ɫɛs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmiː.les] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Unknown; possibly of Etruscan origin. The suffix seems similar to that of comes, eques, pedes, and veles, but the origin of the mīl- is obscure. 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
    Sense id: en-miles-la-noun-dnCdlUFH Categories (other): Military, Occupations Disambiguation of Occupations: 76 5 19 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
    Sense id: en-miles-la-noun-g-c8vO~8 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the third declension, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Chess Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 9 9 82 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the third declension: 21 21 57 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 21 21 57 Disambiguation of Chess: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: mīlitāris, mīlitāriter, mīlitārius, mīlitia, mīlitō
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      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "raw_tags": [
        "inherited",
        "inherited"
      ],
      "word": "mire"
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      "lang_code": "cy",
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        {
          "_dis": "76 5 19",
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          "name": "Occupations",
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        "A soldier."
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        "(military) A soldier."
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        "(Medieval Latin) A knight."
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          "_dis": "21 21 57",
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          "_dis": "21 21 57",
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          "_dis": "0 0 100",
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        "A man in boardgames such as ludus latrunculi and chess."
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      "ipa": "[ˈmiː.ɫɛs]",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmiː.les]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "miles"
}
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    "Latin nouns with multiple genders",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Etruscan",
    "Latin terms derived from Etruscan",
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    },
    {
      "word": "mīlitāriter"
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈmiː.les]",
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}

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