mīles itis, m and f
MIL-,
a soldier
: ut fortīs decet Milites, T.:
milites scribere,
enlist
, S.: ordinare,
form into companies
, L.: mercede conducere,
hire
, L.: dimittere,
dismiss
.—Esp.,
a footsoldier, infantry
: milites equitesque, Cs.—
A common soldier, private
(i. e. miles gregarius): strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia,
S.: volgus militum,
L.—Collect.,
soldiery, army
: Macedoniam sine ullo milite reliquisse: loca milite
complent, V.: multus, H.—
A chessman, pawn
: Discolor, O. —
Fem
., of a woman in her first childbed: rudis ad partūs,
O.—Of a nymph of Diana: miles erat Phoebes, O.