militia
See also: miliția
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
Noun edit
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 edit
army of trained civilians called upon in time of need
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From mīles (“soldier”) + -ia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /miːˈli.ti.a/, [miːˈlʲɪt̪iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /miˈlit.t͡si.a/, [miˈlit̪ː͡s̪iä]
Noun edit
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 edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mīlitia | mīlitiae |
Genitive | mīlitiae | mīlitiārum |
Dative | mīlitiae | mīlitiīs |
Accusative | mīlitiam | mīlitiās |
Ablative | mīlitiā | mīlitiīs |
Vocative | mīlitia | mīlitiae |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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[1], 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[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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