milliarium
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From mīlle (“thousand”) + -ārium (of purpose), via mīlliārius (“relating to thousands of steps, i.e., miles”).
Noun edit
mīlliārium n (genitive mīlliāriī or mīlliārī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-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).
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Descendants edit
See 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