milito

See also: militò and militó

Asturian

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militar

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [miˈli.tu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [miˈli.to]

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militar

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin mīles

Latin mīlitōbor.

Esperanto militi

Esperanto -o

Esperanto milito

From militi + -o.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlito/

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧to

Noun

milito (accusative singular militon, plural militoj, accusative plural militojn)

1. (military) war

   Stelaj Militoj ― Star Wars

   La Usona Enlanda Milito daŭris de 1861 ĝis 1865. ― The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865.

   Milito, Milito neniam ŝanĝiĝas. ― War, war never changes.

Further reading

• “milito”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “milito”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Anagrams

• limito

Galician

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militar

Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto milito (“war”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlito/

Noun

milito (plural militi)

1. (military) war

Derived terms

• militonavo (“warship”)

Italian

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militare

Anagrams

• limito, limitò, mitilo, timoli

Latin

Etymology

From mīles (“soldier”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.lɪ.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmiː.li.to]

Verb

mīlitō (present infinitive mīlitāre, perfect active mīlitāvī, supine mīlitātum); first conjugation

1. to be a soldier, to act as a soldier
   • Ovidius, Amores; Liber I, Caput IX

     Militat omnis amans.

     Every lover is a soldier.

2. to wage war
3. (Medieval Latin) to serve, discharge an office
   • c. 1202, Ralph de Diceto, Ymagines historiarum, a. 1163:

     Asserit namque rex, juxta dignitatem regni, quod […] nullus militans regi […] est excommunicandus ab aliquo.

     For the king declares, according to the dignity of the kingship, that […] no one serving the king […] is to be excommunicated by anyone.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of mīlitō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mīlitō		mīlitās		mīlitat		mīlitāmus		mīlitātis		mīlitant
	imperfect	mīlitābam		mīlitābās		mīlitābat		mīlitābāmus		mīlitābātis		mīlitābant
	future	mīlitābō		mīlitābis		mīlitābit		mīlitābimus		mīlitābitis		mīlitābunt
	perfect	mīlitāvī		mīlitāvistī		mīlitāvit		mīlitāvimus		mīlitāvistis		mīlitāvērunt, mīlitāvēre
	pluperfect	mīlitāveram		mīlitāverās		mīlitāverat		mīlitāverāmus		mīlitāverātis		mīlitāverant
	future perfect	mīlitāverō		mīlitāveris		mīlitāverit		mīlitāverimus		mīlitāveritis		mīlitāverint
passive	present	mīlitor		mīlitāris, mīlitāre		mīlitātur		mīlitāmur		mīlitāminī		mīlitantur
	imperfect	mīlitābar		mīlitābāris, mīlitābāre		mīlitābātur		mīlitābāmur		mīlitābāminī		mīlitābantur
	future	mīlitābor		mīlitāberis, mīlitābere		mīlitābitur		mīlitābimur		mīlitābiminī		mīlitābuntur
	perfect	mīlitātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	mīlitātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	mīlitātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	mīlitem		mīlitēs		mīlitet		mīlitēmus		mīlitētis		mīlitent
	imperfect	mīlitārem		mīlitārēs		mīlitāret		mīlitārēmus		mīlitārētis		mīlitārent
	perfect	mīlitāverim		mīlitāverīs		mīlitāverit		mīlitāverīmus		mīlitāverītis		mīlitāverint
	pluperfect	mīlitāvissem		mīlitāvissēs		mīlitāvisset		mīlitāvissēmus		mīlitāvissētis		mīlitāvissent
passive	present	mīliter		mīlitēris, mīlitēre		mīlitētur		mīlitēmur		mīlitēminī		mīlitentur
	imperfect	mīlitārer		mīlitārēris, mīlitārēre		mīlitārētur		mīlitārēmur		mīlitārēminī		mīlitārentur
	perfect	mīlitātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	mīlitātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		mīlitā		—		—		mīlitāte		—
	future	—		mīlitātō		mīlitātō		—		mīlitātōte		mīlitantō
passive	present	—		mīlitāre		—		—		mīlitāminī		—
	future	—		mīlitātor		mīlitātor		—		—		mīlitantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		mīlitāre			mīlitārī			mīlitāns			—
future		mīlitātūrum esse			mīlitātum īrī			mīlitātūrus			mīlitandus
perfect		mīlitāvisse			mīlitātum esse			—			mīlitātus
future perfect		—			mīlitātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		mīlitātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		mīlitandī		mīlitandō		mīlitandum		mīlitandō		mīlitātum		mīlitātū

Related terms

• mīles
• mīlitāriē
• mīlitāris
• mīlitāriter
• mīlitārius
• mīlitia

Descendants

• → English: militate
• French: militer
• → Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐌻𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽 (militōn)
• Italian: militare
• Portuguese: militar
• → Romanian: milita
• → Spanish: militar

References

• “milito”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "militare", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “milito”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “milito”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to teach some one letters: erudire aliquem artibus, litteris (but erudire aliquem in iure civili, in re militari)
    
  • to possess great experience in military matters: magnum usum in re militari habere (Sest. 5. 12)
    
  • (ambiguous) military age: aetas militaris
    
  • (ambiguous) to levy troops: milites (exercitum) scribere, conscribere
    
  • (ambiguous) to compel communities to provide troops: imperare milites civitatibus
    
  • (ambiguous) to make soldiers take the military oath: milites sacramento rogare, adigere
    
  • (ambiguous) light infantry: milites levis armaturae
    
  • (ambiguous) soldiers collected in haste; irregulars: milites tumultuarii (opp. exercitus iustus) (Liv. 35. 2)
    
  • (ambiguous) mercenary troops: milites mercennarii or exercitus conducticius
    
  • (ambiguous) to have had no experience in war: rei militaris rudem esse
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites disciplina coercere
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep good discipline amongst one's men: milites coercere et in officio continere (B. C. 1. 67. 4)
    
  • (ambiguous) to take the troops to their winter-quarters: milites in hibernis collocare, in hiberna deducere
    
  • (ambiguous) to leave troops to guard the camp: praesidio castris milites relinquere
    
  • (ambiguous) to harangue the soldiers: contionari apud milites (B. C. 1. 7)
    
  • (ambiguous) to harangue the soldiers: contionem habere apud milites
    
  • (ambiguous) to disembark troops: milites in terram, in terra exponere
    
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “militare”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 679

Portuguese

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miˈlito/ [miˈli.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ito
• Syllabification: mi‧li‧to

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militar