miles

Signification (Anglais)

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.

Concepts

soldat

militaire

guerrier

Synonymes

bellator

belligerator

milites

mīles

arma

Traductions

soldier

soldado

Soldat

soldato

soldaat

soldado

militair

warrior

στρατιώτης

asker

Militär

soldat

militar

pawn

Prononcé comme (IPA)

[ˈmiː.ɫɛs]

Étymologie (Anglais)

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.