milito

See also: militò and militó

Asturian

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militar

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Verb

milito

1. first-person singular present indicative of militar

Esperanto

Etymology

militi +‎ -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [miˈlito]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ito
• Hyphenation: 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.

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.li.toː/, [ˈmiːlʲɪt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.li.to/, [ˈmiːlit̪o]

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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		mīlitāre	mīlitāvisse	mīlitātūrum esse	mīlitārī	mīlitātum esse	mīlitātum īrī
participles		mīlitāns	—	mīlitātūrus	—	mīlitātus	mīlitandus
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’s 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