militia
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A militia.
See also: miliția
English
Etymology
From Latin mīlitia (“army, military force/service”), from mīles (“soldier”). Doublet of militsia.
The use of "militia" rather than "police" to refer to the police force (of Belarus and some other countries) originated in the USSR.
Pronunciation
Noun
militia (plural militias or militiae)
- An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
- Synonym of militsia: the national police force of certain countries (e.g. Belarus).
Translations
army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
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Latin
Etymology
From mīles (“soldier”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miːˈli.ti.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miˈlit.t͡si.a/,
Noun
mīlitia f (genitive mīlitiae); first declension
- military service
- 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:
- huic generī mīlitum senātus eundem, quem Cannēnsibus, fīnem statuērat mīlitiae.
- For this class of soldier the senate had established a limit in duration to their military service, which was the same as the men at Cannae.
- huic generī mīlitum senātus eundem, quem Cannēnsibus, fīnem statuērat mīlitiae.
- the military, army, soldiery
- warfare, war, campaign
- civil service, profession, employment
- (figuratively) military spirit, courage, bravery
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | mīlitia | mīlitiae |
| genitive | mīlitiae | mīlitiārum |
| dative | mīlitiae | mīlitiīs |
| accusative | mīlitiam | mīlitiās |
| ablative | mīlitiā | mīlitiīs |
| vocative | mīlitia | mīlitiae |
| locative | mīlitiae | mīlitiīs |
Locative used in the sense "on military service".
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “militia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “militia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- militia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- militia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to take service in the army: militiam (only in the sing.) capessere
- to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere
- to be excused military duty: militiae vacationem habere
- to retire from service: militia functum, perfunctum esse
- to take service in the army: militiam (only in the sing.) capessere
- militia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016