miles

Meaning

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

soldier

warrior

pawn

serviceman

militar

military man

spear thrower

sojer

Synonyms

bellator

belligerator

milites

mīles

arma

Translations

soldat

soldado

Soldat

soldato

soldaat

soldado

militaire

militair

στρατιώτης

militar

Militär

asker

soldat

serbaz

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈmiː.ɫɛs]

Etymology

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.