militia
See also: miliția
English
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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.
| 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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