miles

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. (declension-3) A soldier.
2. (Medieval-Latin, declension-3) A knight.
3. (declension-3) A man in boardgames such as ludus latrunculi and chess.

Konzepte

Soldat

Militär

soldat

Soldatin

Krieger

Truppe

Synonyme

bellator

belligerator

milites

mīles

arma

Übersetzungen

soldier

soldat

soldado

soldato

soldaat

soldado

militair

militaire

warrior

militar

στρατιώτης

asker

soldat

leşker

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

[ˈmiː.ɫɛs]

Etymologie (Englisch)

Unknown; possibly of Etruscan origin. The suffix seems similar to that of comes, eques, pedes, and veles, but the origin of the mīl- is obscure. A connection to mīlia (“thousands”), perhaps as "person going by the thousand(s)", is difficult to confidently motivate semantically.