milliarium

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Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From mīlle (thousand) +‎ -ārium (of purpose), via mīlliārius (relating to thousands of steps, i.e., miles).

Noun[edit]

mīlliārium n (genitive mīlliāriī or mīlliārī); second declension

  1. milestone
  2. column resembling a milestone

Declension[edit]

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mīlliārium mīlliāria
Genitive mīlliāriī
mīlliārī1
mīlliāriōrum
Dative mīlliāriō mīlliāriīs
Accusative mīlliārium mīlliāria
Ablative mīlliāriō mīlliāriīs
Vocative mīlliārium mīlliāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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Descendants[edit]

See also mīlliārius:

  • Catalan: miller
  • Istriot: miera
  • Italian: migliaio
  • Portuguese: milheiro
  • Sicilian: migghiaru
  • Spanish: mijero

References[edit]

  • milliarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • milliarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers