milliarium
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom mīlle (“thousand”) + -ārium (of purpose), via mīlliārius (“relating to thousands of steps, i.e., miles”).
Noun
editmīlliārium n (genitive mīlliāriī or mīlliārī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mīlliārium | mīlliāria |
Genitive | mīlliāriī mīlliārī1 |
mīlliāriōrum |
Dative | mīlliāriō | mīlliāriīs |
Accusative | mīlliārium | mīlliāria |
Ablative | mīlliāriō | mīlliāriīs |
Vocative | mīlliārium | mīlliāria |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
editDescendants
editSee also mīlliārius:
- Catalan: miller
- Istriot: miera
- Italian: migliaio
- Portuguese: milheiro
- Sicilian: migghiaru
- Spanish: mijero
References
edit- “milliarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “milliarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers