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Latin
Etymology
From mīles (“soldier”) + -āris.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mīlitāris (neuter mīlitāre, adverb mīlitāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- Of a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial.
- Of or pertaining to war.
- Warlike.
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
mīlitāris m (genitive mīlitāris); third declension
- military man, soldier
- (Medieval Latin) knight
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Verb
mīlitāris
- second-person singular present passive indicative of mīlitō
References
- “militaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “militaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- militaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) military age: aetas militaris
- (ambiguous) to have had no experience in war: rei militaris rudem esse
- militaris in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016