Miles, militis, pen. cor. om. ge. Cic.A man of warre: a souldiorIncursio mihtum in agros hostiom. Vide INCVRRO. Incursus militum.Cic.A roade or sion.Instroctio militum.Cic.Leuis armaturæ milites, Vide ARMA. Acrior miles. Hor. Aerarij milites. Varro. Argentati.Liu. Armatus miles. Virg.Aurati milites.Liu.Causarij milites, Vide CAVSA.Dirus miles.Senec. Ferox. Horat. Impius.Virg.Haud incruentus miles, Vide INCRVENTVS.Infandus miles. Luca. Infestus. Senec.Innumerus.Ouid.Inordinati & incompositi milites, vide INORDINATVS.Inualidi milites, Vide INVALEO.Iustus miles, vide IVSTVS. Legionarij milites. Cæs. Manipularis miles.Ouid. Mercenarij milites. Liu.Pharetratus miles. Sil. Præstantior miles. Ouid.Rabido milite perfractæ portæ. Sil. Vagus miles. Sil. Auocare milites signis, bello, Vide AVOCO.Cogere milites, Vide COGO.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
mīlĕs (MEILES, Inscr. Mur. 582; late form, milex, Gromat. Vet. p. 246, 19), ĭtis, comm. [Sanscr root mil-, to unite, combine; cf.: mille, milites, quod trium millium primo legio fiebat, ac singulae tribus Titiensium, Ramnium, Lucerum milia singula militum mittebant, Varr. L. L. 5, 89 Müll.], a soldier.I.Lit.A. In gen.: miles, qui locum non tenuit, Cic. Clu. 46, 128: legere milites, to levy, raise, Pompei, ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 a, 3: scribere,
to enlist, enroll
, Sall. J. 43, 3: deligere, Liv. 29, 1: ordinare,
to form into companies
, id. ib.: mercede conducere,
to hire, take into one's pay
, id. ib. 29, 5: dimittere,
to dismiss
, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2: miles tremulus, i. e.
Priam
, Juv. 10, 267: miles cum die, qui prodictus sit, aberat, neque excusatus erat, infrequens dabatur, Gell. 16, 4, 5.—B. In partic., of foot-soldiers, infantry, in opp. to eques: tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem inisit, Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. eques.—Opp. to the general: miles gregarius, or miles alone, a common soldier, private: strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exsequebatur, Sall. C. 60, 4; id. J. 62; Vell. 2, 18, 1 volgus militum, Liv. 22, 30, 7: maritim as,
a soldier in sea-service, marine
, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61.—II.Transf.A. Collect., the soldiery, the army (esp. freq. in the postAug. per.), Liv. 22, 57 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 495; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 78, 2; Tac. A. 1, 2; 24; 2, 16; Juv. 10, 155; 16, 18 et saep.—B. Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.—C.A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess: discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles, Ov. Tr. 2, 477.—D.Fem., of a woman who is in childbed for the first time: et rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram, Ov. H. 11, 48.—Of a nymph in the train of Diana: miles erat Phoebes, Ov. M. 2, 415.— E. (Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.: bonus Christi, Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.