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mellum, i, n., a dog’s collar, Varr. R. R. 2, 9, 15 Schneid. N. cr. (al. melium and maelium).
Also, millus, i: millus collare canum venaticorum, factum ex corio confixumque clavis ferreis eminentibus adversus impetum luporum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 151 Müll.
Also written melium, mil-lus, q. v.

mi.

  1. I. Dat. from ego.
  2. II. Voc. from meus; v. h. vv.

Mĭa Chărĭtōn = Χαρίτων μία, one of the Graces, Lucr. 4, 1162; v. Charites.

mīca, ae, f. [root smic-; Gr. σμικρός, μικρός; cf. micula; O. Germ. smahan, to belittle], a crumb, little bit, morsel, grain (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

  1. I. Lit.: mica panis, Petr. 42: auri, Lucr. 1, 839: marmoris, Plin. 33, 4, 21, § 68: salis, a grain of salt, id. 22, 14, 16, § 37: amomi, id. 12, 18, 41, § 83: saliens (i. e. salis) mica, Hor. C. 3, 23, 12: tus in micas friatur, Plin. 12, 14, 32, § 65: de micis puerorum, Vulg. Marc. 7, 28.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A small diningroom, Mart. 2, 59, 1; Sen. Ep. 51, 12.
    2. B. In gen., a little bit, a grain: nulla in tam magno est corpore mica salis, a grain of sense, Cat. 86, 3.

mĭcans, antis, Part. and P. a., from mico.

mīcārĭus, a, um, adj. [mica], of or belonging to crumbs or little bits (post-Aug.): homo frugi, et micarius, a crumb-gatherer, i. e. frugal, economical, Petr. 73, 6.

‡ mĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [mico], a quick motion: micatio λαχμός, Gloss. Philox.

mĭcātus, ūs, m. [mico], a quick motion (post-class.): linguarum micatibus, Mart. Cap. 4, § 331.

Miccotrōgus, i, m., = Μικκότρωγος, the fictitious name of a parasite, Smallbiter, Plaut. Stich. 1, 3, 88.

* micĕo, ēre, v. n., to bleat, of a hegoat (al. mutire), Auct. Phil. 58.

Michāēl, ēlis, m., a Hebrew name, Vulg. Num. 13, 14 al.
Esp., Michael, the archangel, Vulg. Dan. 10, 13.

Michăēlĭum, i, n., = Μιχᾳηλεῖον, the church of St. Michael, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 2, 19.

* mīcĭdus, a, um, adj. [mica], thin, poor, Innocent. Agrar. p. 231 Goes.

Micio, ōnis, m., name of a man, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 7.

Mĭcipsa, ae, m., son of Masinissa, and king of Numidia, Sall. J. 5 sq.; Flor. 3, 1.
In plur., poet. for Numidians, Africans, Juv. 5, 89.

mĭco, ŭi (pf. subj. micaverit, Sol. 53), 1, v. n. [Sanscr. mish-, to wink], to move quickly to and fro, to have a vibrating or tremulous motion, to quiver, shake, tremble, e. g. of the pulse; to beat, palpitate; to spring forth, of fountains; of the tremulous rays of the stars, to twinkle, sparkle, glitter, gleam, flash (class.).

  1. I. In gen.: venae et arteriae micare non desinunt, Cic. N. D. 2, 9, 24: linguis micat ore trisulcis, Verg. G. 3, 439: gladii, Liv. 6, 12, 9: corque timore micat, beats, palpitates, Ov. F. 3, 36: nec audissem corde micante tubam, for the beating, Prop. 1, 10, 12: metu micuere sinus, Ov. H. 1, 45: et modo cervicem, modo crura micantia captat, id. M. 9, 37: noctuarum genus, quibus pluma aurium modo micat, Plin. 29, 6, 38, § 117: semianimesque micant (culi (of a head cut off), twitch, Enn. ap. Serv. Verg. A. 10, 396 (Ann. v. 463 Vahl.): digiti (of a hand cut off), Verg. A. 10, 396: auribus (of a horse), id. G. 3, 84: micuere fontes, spring forth, Luc. 4, 300: citatus vulnere angusto micat (cruor), Sen. Oedip. 345: fulmina etiam sic undique micabant, ut peti viderentur corpora, flashed in every direction, Liv. 40, 58, 5: inter horrendos fragores micare ignes, id. 21, 58, 5: tum micent gladii, id. 6, 12, 9: eo ferocior inlatus hostis urgere scutis, micare gladiis, id. 4, 37, 10.
  2. II. In partic.
    1. A. To raise suddenly some of the fingers and let another instantly guess their number, which was practised both as a game of chance (called in Italy mora) and as a mode of deciding doubtful matters: micare est sortiri digitis, Non. 347, 27: micandum erit cum Graeco, utrum … an, Varr. ap. Non. 347, 30: quid enim sors est? item propemodum, quod micare, quod talos jacere, Cic. Div. 2, 41, 85: quasi sorte, aut micando, id. Off. 3, 23, 90: patrem et filium pro vita rogantes sortiri vel micare jussisse, Suet. Aug. 13.
      Prov.: dignus est, quicum in tenebris mices, said of a thoroughly honest man, since it would be easy to cheat in the dark, Cic. Off. 3, 19, 77: cum quo audacter posses in tenebris micare, Petr. 44.
      Also in contracts: RATIO DOCVIT, CONSVETVDINE MICANDI SVMMOTA, SVB EXAGIO POTIVS PECORA VENDERE, QVAM DIGITIS CONCLVDENTIBVS TRADERE, Edict. in Inscr. Orell. 3166.
    2. B. Poet. of the brilliancy of the stars, of the eyes, etc., to flash, gleam, beam, shine, be bright: micat inter omnes Julium sidus, Hor. C. 1, 12, 46: micat ignibus aether, Verg. A. 1, 90. oculis micat ignis, fire flashes from his eyes, id. ib. 12, 102: ex oculis micat acrius ardor, Lucr. 3, 289: micant ardorem orbes luminis, Verg. Cul. 220: genitor circum caput omne micantes Deposuit radios, Ov. M. 2, 40: celeri micuerunt nubila flamma, id. Tr. 1, 2, 45.
      Hence, mĭcans, antis, P. a., twinkling, sparkling, glittering, gleaming, flashing, glowing: stella micans radiis Arcturus, Cic. Div. Poët. 2, 42, 110: micantes stellae, Ov. M. 7, 100; Vulg. Job, 38, 31: oculos circumtulit igne micantes, Ov. M. 15, 674: vultus, Liv. 6, 13.
      Comp.: radius sole micantior, Prud. Cath. 5, 44.

† Mĭcon, ōnis, m., = Μίκων, the name of a shepherd: cum me arbustum videre Miconis … incidere falce, Verg. E. 3, 10: ramosa Micon vivacis cornua cervi, id. ib. 7, 30.
So, forte Micon senior, Canthusque Miconis alumnus, Calp. Ecl. 5, 1.

† micrŏcosmus, i, m., = μικρόκοσμος, a little world, world in miniature, microcosm, Isid. Orig. 3, 22, 2.

micropsȳchus, a, um, adj., = μικρόψυχος, little-minded, narrow-minded (postAug.), Plin. 22, 24, 51, § 110: Novius, Mart. 1, 87 lemm.

microsphaerum, i, n., = μικρόσφαιρον, small-leaved nard, Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 44.

* mictĭlis, e, adj. [mingo], that deserves to be defiled; hence, transf., despicable, worthless, bad (ante-class.): merx, Lucil. ap. Non. 137, 31.

mictĭo, v. minctio.

mictōrĭus, a, um, adj. [mingo], that promotes urine, urinative, diuretic (postclass.): medicamenta, Cael. Aur. Acut. 3, 8, 86.

mictŭālis, e, adj. [mingo] (only post class).

  1. I. Relating to the passing of urine, wrinary: via, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 91: viae, id. ib. 5, 10, 121.
    Hence, subst.: mictŭālis, is, f., the urinary passage, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 4, 65.
  2. II. That promotes urine, diuretic: virtus, App. Herb. 117.
    Subst.: mictŭāle, is, n., a diuretic, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 10, 122 al.

mictŭrĭo, 4, v. desider. n. [mingo], to go to make water, to make water (only in Juvenal): micturiunt hic, Juv. 6, 309; 16, 46.

mictus, ūs, m. [mingo], a making water, urinating (post-class.): sanguinis mictus, Cael. Aur. Tard. 5, 3, 59; 2, 1, 12.

mīcŭla, ae, f. dim. [mica], a little crumb, little grain, little bit (post-Aug.), Cels. 2, 5: exiguae, Arn. 2, 77.

Mĭda, ae, v. Midas.

Midaium, i, n., = Μιδάειον, a city of Phrygia, Plin. 5, 32, 41, § 145.
Hence, subst.: Midaeenses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Midaium, Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 3.
Also called Midaei, orum, m., Plin. 5, 29, 29, § 105.

Mīdāmus, i, m., one of the fifty sons of Ægyptus, who was slain by his wife, Hyg. Fab. 170.

Mĭdas or Mĭda, ae, m., = Μίδας, son of Gordius, and king of Phrygia. At his request he received from Bacchus, who wished to prove his gratitude for the hospitality Midas had accorded him, the boon that everything he touched should turn to gold. But as this extended also to food and drink, he implored the assistance of the god. The latter told him to bathe in the river Pactolus, the sands of which from that time became mixed with gold. Midas decided in favor of Pan a musical contest between him and Apollo; who in revenge provided Midas with ass’s ears, Ov. M. 11, 85 sq. and 146; Hyg. Fab. 191; Cic. Tusc. 1, 48, 114; id. Div. 1, 36, 78; Mart. 6, 86, 4.
Midas is said to have discovered the use of lead and tin, Hyg. Fab. 274.

Mīdē, ēs, f., a city in Bœotia, Stat. Th. 7, 331.

Mīdea, ae, f., = Μίδεια, a city in Lycia, Stat. Th. 4, 45.

Mīdĭas, ae, m., = Μειδιας, the name of a Messenian, who invented the cuirass, Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 200.

Mīdīnus, a, um, adj. [Midas], of or belonging to Midas: Arcadicum ac Midinum sapis, i. e. after the manner of an ass, Mart. Cap. 6, § 577

† Migdĭlybs, ybis, m. [μιγδην-λύψ], a mixed Libyan, i. e. of Libyan (African) and Tyrian descent, as the Carthaginians were, Plaut Poen. 5, 2, 73.

† migma, ătis, n., = μίγμα, a mixture, mixed provender, meslin: commistum mig ma, Vulg. Isa. 30, 24.

mī̆grātĭo, ōnis, f. [migro], a removal, a changing of one’s habitation, migration (class.).

  1. I. Lit.: haec migratio nobis misera, Liv. 5, 53: migrationem esse mortem in eas oras, quas, qui vitā excesserunt, incolunt, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 98; cf. id. ib. 1, 12, 27; id. Cael. 8, 18.
  2. * II. Trop.: cui verbo (fideliter) domicilium est proprium in officio, migrationes in alienum multae, transfers, metaphorical uses, Cic. Fam. 16, 17, 1.

‡ mī̆grātor, ōris, m. [migro], a wanderer: migrator μετανάστης, Gloss. Gr. Lat.

mī̆gro, āvi, ātum, 1 (migrassit for migraverit, Cic. Leg. 3, 4, 11), v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. Sanscr. root mā, exchange; also meo].

  1. I. Neutr., to remove from one place to another, to depart, flit, migrate (class.).
    1. A. Lit.: migrare e fano foras, Plaut. Curc. 2, 1, 1: ex urbe tu rus habitatum migres? Ter. Hec. 4, 2, 13: ad integra omnia, Liv. 5, 53: ad generum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: in tabernas, Hor. A. P. 229: Veios, Liv. 5, 53: Alexandriam vel Ilium, Suet. Caes. 79: finibus, Plin. 6, 17, 21, § 59: Verres domo ejus emigrat atque adeo exit: nam jam ante migrārat, he quits his house (leaves it himself without taking any thing with him); for he had already removed (had taken away his furniture), Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89: consilium migrandi a Tarquiniis cepit, Liv. 1, 34, 5: itaque non solum inquilini, sed etiam mures migraverunt, Cic. Att. 14, 9, 1: cum tota Karthagine migra, be off! Juv. 6, 171.
      Impers. pass.: in alium quendam locum ex his locis morte migretur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 41, 97: Romam inde frequenter migratum est a propinquis, Liv. 1, 11, 4.
    2. B. Trop., to go away, depart, to pass over, change, turn: scio ipse quid agam, neque mens officio migrat, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 13: mea ut migrare dicta possint, quo volo, id. Ps. 1, 5, 54: ex hac vitā, Cic. Rep. 6, 9, 9; cf. id. ib. 6, 15, 15: de vitā, i. e. to die, id. Fin. 1, 19, 62: equitis migravit ab aure voluptas ad oculos, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 187: haec medicina migrabat in Graeciae linguas, Plin. 25, 2, 6, § 16: omnia migrant, Omnia commutat natura, change, Lucr. 5, 831: caerula quae sunt Numquam in marmoreum possunt migrare colorem, id. 2, 774: in varias migrare figuras, Ov. M. 15, 172: cornua in mucronem migrantia, running out into, ending in, Plin. 11, 37, 45, § 125: ad aliud matrimonium, Dig. 24, 2, 6.
  2. II. Act.
    1. A. To carry away, transport, transfer (rare): cassita nidum migravit, Gell. 2, 29, 16: relicta quae migratu difficilia essent, Liv. 10, 34: num migrantur Rhoeteia regna In Libyam Superis? are transferred, Sil. 7, 431.
    2. B. To transgress, break, violate, opp. to servare: jus civile migrare (opp. conservare), Cic. Fin. 3, 20, 67: ea migrare et non servare, id. Off. 1, 10, 31.

mihipte, i. q. mihi ipsi, v. ego.

Mīlănĭon, ōnis, m., = Μειλανίων, the husband of Atalanta: flēsse Milaniona, Ov. A. A. 2, 188; id. Am. 3, 2, 29; Prop. 1, 1, 9.

mile, mīlēsĭmus, etc., v. mille, millesimus, etc.

milĕon, i, n., the name of a plant, also called scelerata, App. Herb. 8.

mīlĕs (MEILES, Inscr. Mur. 582; late form, milex, Gromat. Vet. p. 246, 19), ĭtis, comm. [Sanscr root mil-, to unite, combine; cf.: mille, milites, quod trium millium primo legio fiebat, ac singulae tribus Titiensium, Ramnium, Lucerum milia singula militum mittebant, Varr. L. L. 5, § 89 Müll.], a soldier.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen.: miles, qui locum non tenuit, Cic. Clu. 46, 128: legere milites, to levy, raise, Pompei, ap. Cic. Att. 8, 12 a, 3: scribere, to enlist, enroll, Sall. J. 43, 3: deligere, Liv. 29, 1: ordinare, to form into companies, id. ib.: mercede conducere, to hire, take into one’s pay, id. ib. 29, 5: dimittere, to dismiss, Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 2: miles tremulus, i. e. Priam, Juv. 10, 267: miles cum die, qui prodictus sit, aberat, neque excusatus erat, infrequens dabatur, Gell. 16, 4, 5.
    2. B. In partic., of foot-soldiers, infantry, in opp. to eques: tripartito milites equitesque in expeditionem inisit, Caes. B. G. 5, 10: v. eques.
      Opp. to the general: miles gregarius, or miles alone, a common soldier, private: strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia simul exsequebatur, Sall. C. 60, 4; id. J. 62; Vell. 2, 18, 1 volgus militum, Liv. 22, 30, 7: maritim as, a soldier in sea-service, marine, Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 61.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Collect., the soldiery, the army (esp. freq. in the postAug. per.), Liv. 22, 57 fin.; Verg. A. 2, 495; Vell. 1, 15, 1; 2, 78, 2; Tac. A. 1, 2; 24; 2, 16; Juv. 10, 155; 16, 18 et saep.
    2. B. Under the emperors, an armed servant of the emperor, court-official, Cod. Th. 11, 1, 34; Dig. 4, 6, 10.
    3. C. A chessman, pawn, in the game of chess: discolor ut recto grassetur limite miles, Ov. Tr. 2, 477.
    4. D. Fem., of a woman who is in childbed for the first time: et rudis ad partūs et nova miles eram, Ov. H. 11, 48.
      Of a nymph in the train of Diana: miles erat Phoebes, Ov. M. 2, 415.
    5. E. (Eccl. Lat.) Of a servant of God or of Christ, struggling against sin, etc.: bonus Christi, Vulg. 2 Tim. 2, 3.

* mīlēsĭum, i, n., a kind of kingfisher, Plin. 32, 8, 27, § 87.

Mīlēsĭus, a, um, v. Miletus.

Mīlētis, ĭdis, f. [Miletus].

  1. I. The daughter of Miletus, Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 634.
  2. II. A Milesian woman, Caecil. ap. Diom. p. 378 P.

* Mīlētŏpŏlis, is, f., = Μιλητόπολις, a city in European Sarmatia, founded by the Milesians, otherwise called Olbia Borysthenis or Olbiopolis, now Oczakow, Plin. 4, 12, 26, § 82.

1. Mīlētus, i, m., = Μίλητος, the father of Caunus and Byblis, Ov. M. 9, 443.
Hence, Mīlētis, ĭdis, f., the daughter of Miletus: moesta, Ov. M. 9, 634.

2. Mīlētus (-tos), i, f., = Μίλητος, the city of Miletus, in Caria, the birthplace of Thales, Mel. 1, 17, 1; Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112; Cic. Att. 9, 9, 2.
Esp., as a proverb for luxury and wantonness: paupertas Romana perit, hinc fluxit ad istos et Sybaris colles, hinc et Rhodos et Miletos, Juv. 6, 296.
Hence,

  1. A. Mīlēsĭus, a, um, adj., = Μιλήσιος, of or belonging to the city of Miletus, Milesian: Milesia mulier, Cic. Clu. 11, 32: vellera, Verg. G. 3, 306: lana, Plin. 29, 2, 9, § 33: rosa, id. 21, 4, 10, § 16: deus, i. e. Apollo, who had a temple and oracle at Miletus, App. M. 4, p. 157, 19: Ceres, Val. Max. 1, 1, 5: carmina, v. in the foll.
  2. B. Subst.
    1. 1. Mīlēsĭa, ae, f., Miletus: propter Milesiae conditorem, App. M. 4, p. 157, 29.
    2. 2. Mīlēsii, ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Miletus, Milesians, famous for their luxury and wantonness, Liv. 38, 39. 9; hence, transf.: Milesia carmina, wanton, lascivious songs, Ov. Tr. 2, 413: sermo Milesius, obscent stories, App. M. 1 init.; for which, as subst., Mīlēsĭae, ārum, f. plur. (sc. fabulae), Sev. Aug. ap. Capitol. Albin. 12.
      1. b. Mī-lētis, ĭdis, f. adj., of or belonging to Miletus, Milesian: Miletida ad urbem, i. e. Tomi, a colony of Milesians, Ov. Tr. 1, 10, 41.

Mileum (Milevum), i, n., and Mi-levi, ōrum, m., a city in Numidia, Aug. adv. Don. 6, 20.
Hence, Milēvetānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the city of Mileum, Aug. Ep. 34.

* mĭlĭăcĕus, a, um, adj. [milium], of millet, millet puls, Paul. ex Fest. s. v. forma, p. 83, 12 Müll.

mĭlĭăcus, a, um, adj. [milium], fed with mil let: ficedulas, sive quas miliacas vocant, millet-birds, perh. ortolans, Cael. Aur. Tard. 1, 1, 27

mīlĭārensis (millĭārensis), e, adj. [mille], that contains a thousand (post-class.): porticus, either containing a thousand columns, or containing a thousand paces, Vop. Aur. 49: COHORS, Inscr. Marin. Frat. Arv. p. 630.

1. mīlīārīus or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. [mille], containing or comprising a thousand.

  1. I. Adj.: decuriae, Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.: greges, id. R. R. 2, 10: clivus, of a thousand paces, id. ib. 3, 1: apri, weighing a thousand pounds, Sen. Ep. 110, 12: oleae, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 93: ala, of a thousand men, Plin. Ep. 7, 31: COHORS, Inscr Grut. 482, 4: porticus, a thousand feet in length, Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. mīlĭārĭum (mill-), ii, n.
      1. 1. A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile): cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset, Cic. Brut. 14, 54: intra primum urbis Romae miliarium, Gai. Inst. 4, 104: intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium, within a hundred miles of Rome, id. ib. 1, 27.
        In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads: mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt, Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27.
        Plur: miliaria lapidea, Aug. Serm. 351, 11.
          1. (β) Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.
      2. 2. The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.
    2. B. mīlĭārĭi (mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. praef. libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.

2. mĭlĭārĭus (mill-), a, um, adj. [milium],

  1. I. of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.): miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues, Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.: aves, ortolans, id. R. R. 3, 5: herba, injurious to millet, Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.
  2. II. Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum (mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22.
    1. B. In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 65.
    2. C. A cooking-vessel: miliarium argenteum, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.

Mīlĭchus (Mīlicus), i, m., a king in Spain, Sil. 3, 104.

mīlĭfŏlĭum and millefŏlĭum, ii, n. [mille-folium], a plant, milfoil, yarrow; form milifolium: myriophyllus, quod nostri milifolium vocant, caulis est tener, similis feniculi, Plin. 24, 16, 95, § 152 Jan. (al. millefolium); used in medicine, id. 24, 19, 116, § 176 al.
Form millefolium, Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 42 Jan. (al. millefolia).

mīlĭgĭnus, a, um, adj. [milium], of millet (late Lat.), Dynam. 1, 14.

mīlĭo, ōnis, m., for milvus, a kite, Marc. Emp. 33.

Milionĭa, ae, f., a city of Italy, in the country of the Marsians, Liv. 10, 3; 34.

mīlĭtārĭē, adv., v. militarius fin.

mīlitāris, e, adj. [miles], of or belonging to a soldier, to war, or to military service, proper to or usual with soldiers, military, warlike, martial (class.): militares pueri, soldiers’ children, officers’ sons, Plaut. Truc. 5, 16: homo, id. Ep. 1, 1, 14: advena, id. Ps. 4, 1, 20: tribuni, Cic. Clu. 36, 99: vir, Tac. H. 2, 75: homines, Sall. C. 45, 2.
Also subst.: mīlĭtāris, is, m., a military man, soldier, warrior: cur neque militaris Inter aequales equitat? Hor. C. 1, 8, 5: praesidia militarium, Tac. A. 14, 33.
Of inanim. and abstr. things: panis, Plin. 18, 7, 12, § 67: institutum, Caes. B. C. 3, 75: usus, id. ib. 3, 103: res, id. B. G. 1, 21: disciplina, Liv. 8, 34: labor, Cic. Mur. 5, 11: signa, military ensigns, standards, id. Cat. 2, 6, 13: ornatus, id. Off. 1, 18, 61: leges, id. Fl. 32, 77: animi, Tac. A. 1, 32: sepimentum, Varr. 1, 14, 2: ire militaribus gradibus, to march, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11: aetas, the age for bearing arms (from the seventeenth to the forty-sixth year), Liv. 25, 5: via, a military road, a highway on which an army can march, id. 36, 15: herba, an herb good for wounds, also called millefolium, Plin. 24, 18, 104, § 168.
Also an appellation of Jupiter, App. de Mundo, p. 75.
In comp.: quis justior et militarior Scipione? more militarily strict, Tert. Apol. 11 fin.
Hence, adv.: mīlĭtārĭter, in a soldierly or military manner (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.), Liv. 4, 41; 27, 3; Tac. H. 2, 80; Dig. 49, 16, 4, § 9.

mīlĭtārĭus, a, um, adj. [miles], soldierlike, military (ante-class.): gradus, Plaut. Ps. 4, 4, 11.
Hence, adv.: mīlĭtārĭē, in a soldier-like or military manner (postclass.): militarie caesus, Treb. Trig. Tyrann. 22 dub.

mīlĭtĭa, ae (-āi, Lucr. 1, 29), f. [miles], military service, warfare, war.

  1. I. Lit.: in militiae disciplinam profectus est, Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: militiam subterfugere, id. Off. 3, 26, 97: ferre, Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 55: tolerare, Verg. A. 8, 516: munus militiae sustinere, Caes. B. G. 6, 18: militiae vacatio, exemption from military service, id. ib. 6, 14: militiae magna scientia, Sall. J. 63, 2: militiam discere, id. C. 7, 4: praeclara, Vell. 2, 5, 1: Pompeii, id. 2, 40, 1: adversus Graecos, Just. 20, 1, 3: lentas militias, Tib. 1, 3, 82: Cimbrica Teutonicaque, Vell. 2, 120, 1: militiae honorem, military honors, Juv. 7, 88.
    1. B. Esp.
      1. 1. Abl. militiā, in war, opp. togā, in peace, Juv. 10, 9.
      2. 2. Gen. militiae, in military service, or on a campaign, in the field; freq. in phrase: domi militiaeque, at home and abroad, at home and with the army: quorum virtus fuerat domi militiaeque cognita, Cic. Tusc. 5, 19, 55; cf.: et domi et militiae, id. de Or. 3, 33, 134: militiae domique, Liv. 7, 32: militiae et domi, Ter. Ad. 3, 5, 49.
        Also without domi, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; Sall. J. 84, 2; Tac. H. 2, 5.
    2. C. Trop., of love: at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50; so of an inattentive lover: pro infrequente eum mittat militiā domum, id. Truc. 2, 1, 19.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. Military spirit, courage, bravery: virilis militiae uxor, Flor. 4, 5.
    2. B. Concr., the soldiery, military (syn.: milites, exercitus, copiae): hic pars militiae, dux erat ille ducum, Ov. H. 8, 46: Romanae militiae decus, Val. Max. 1, 6, 11: cum omni militiā interficitur, Just. 32, 2, 2; Plin. 4, 14, 27, § 97: qua (lex) maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat, Liv. 4, 26, 3: magister militiae, general, id. 22, 23, 2: caelestis, Vulg. Luc. 2, 13.
      So trop.: militia caeli, i. e. the heavenly bodies, Vulg. Act. 7, 42; id. Deut. 17, 3.
    3. C. A civil service, office, profession, employment, esp. a laborious one: hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, etc., Cic. Mur. 9, 19: haec mea militia est, Ov. F. 2, 9.
      Of swallows building their nests: eaque militia illis cum anno redit semper, Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 95.
    4. D. Any special work of difficulty, requiring a great effort: completa est militia ejus, Vulg. Isa. 40, 2: arma militiae nostrae non carnalia, id. 2 Cor. 10, 4: bona, id. 1 Tim. 1, 18.
    5. E. Under the emperors (like miles), an office or employment at court, Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25.

* mīlĭtĭŏla, ae, f. dim. [militia], a short, insignificant term of military service: semestribus militiolis tumens, Suet. Vit. Juv

mīlĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. [miles], to be a soldier, to perform military service, to serve as a soldier (syn.: stipendium mereo; class.).

  1. I. Lit.: in cujus exercitu Catonis filius tiro militabat, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36: sub signis alicujus, Liv. 23, 42: adversus aliquem, Suet. Caes. 68: apud Persas, Curt. 6, 5, 7: vobiscum, id. 8, 8, 11: si inter vigiles Romae Sex annis militaverit, Ulp. Fragm. 3, 5.
  2. II. Transf.
      1. 1. To make war, wage war, war against; pass., with a homogeneous subject: libenter hoc et omne militabitur Bellum, Hor. Epod. 1, 23.
      2. 2. Of other than military service: at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere, Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50; Ov. H. 7, 32: vixi puellis nuper idoneus, Et militavi non sine gloriā, Hor. C. 3, 26, 1: prima stipendia Veneri militabant, App. M. 9, p. 226, 9: militat in silvis catulus, Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 67.
        Of an inanim. subject: aries machina est, quae muros frangere militat, serves, Tert. Pall. 1; cf.: carnalia desideria, quae militant adversus animam, Vulg. 1 Pet. 2, 11.

mĭlĭum, ii, n., millet, Varr. R. R. 1, 57, 2; Verg. G. 1, 216; Plin. 18, 30, 73, § 304; 18, 10, 24, § 100.

mille, in the plur. mīlia (or millia; archaic, MEILIA, Inscr. Orell. 3308; abl. sing. milli, Lucil. ap. Gell. 1, 16, and ap. Macr. S. 1, 5), num. adj. [Sanscr. root mil-, combine, associate; Gr. ὅμιλος; cf. miles], a thousand, thousands.

  1. I. Lit.
    1. A. In gen., sometimes in sing. subst, with gen.; in plur, only subst. with gen.: equites mille viā breviore praemissi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3: mille et quingentis passibus abesse, Caes. B. G. 1, 22.
      With gen.: mille drachumarum Olympicūm, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23: spondeo et mille auri Philippum dotis, id. ib. 5, 2, 34; cf.: mille nummūm, Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 15; id. ap. Gell. 1, 16, 5: mille denariūm, Gell. 1, 16, 9: mille quingentos aeris in censum adferre, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40: ibi occiditur mille hominum, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 1, 16, 1: hominum mille versabatur, Cic. Mil. 20, 53.
      So with verb in sing., Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14; Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 4; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40: mille equitum, Caes. B. C. 3, 84; Liv. 21, 61: mille militum, Nep. Milt. 5, 1: plus mille et centum annorum est, Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 16, 3: mille annorum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 87: passuum, Cato ap. Gell. l. l.; Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 5 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 116.
      In plur. with gen.: Thracum mille aut duo milia occidere, Cic. Phil. 14, 5, 12: sexcenta milia mundorum, id. N. D. 1, 34, 96.
      Without gen.: censa sunt civium capita centum quadraginta tria milia septingenta quatuor, Liv. 35, 9: sagittarios tria milia numero habebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 4: tot milia, gentes Arma ferunt Italae, Verg. A. 9, 132: decem milia talenta, Hier. in Evang. Matt. 18, 24: quatuor milia, funditores et sagittarii, Liv. 37, 40, 9; cf. id. 37, 40, 11; 38, 38, 13; 37, 58, 4: tritici modios CXX milia polliceri, Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 4; 3, 4, 3: Graecis peditibus mercede conductis, triginta milibus, praepositus, Curt. 3, 9, 2; 9, 3, 21; 5, 1, 41; Liv. 34, 52, 7.
      Distributively: in milia aeris asses singulos, on every thousand, Liv. 29, 15.
    2. B. In partic.: mille passus, mille passuum, or simply mille, a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile, which is estimated at 1618 English yards, or 142 yards less than the English statute mile: milli passum dixit (sc. Lucilius) pro mille passibus … aperteque ostendit mille et vocabulum esse et singulari numero dici, Gell. 1, 16, 13; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 4: ultra quadringenta milia, id. ib. 3, 4.
      Prov.: mille passuum mora, a mile’s delay, i. e. a long delay, Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 13; cf.: mille passuum commoratu’s cantharum, id. Men. 1, 2, 64.
  2. II. Transf., like the Gr. μυρία, a thousand, for innumerable, infinite (mostly poet.): mille pro uno Kaesones exstitisse, Liv. 3, 14, 4; 2, 28, 4: mille trahens varios adverso sole colores, Verg. A. 4, 701: tentat mille modis, Hor. C. 3, 7, 12: mille pericula saevae urbis, Juv. 3, 8; 12, 46: quomodo persequatur unus mille, Vulg. Deut. 32, 30.
    Plur.: ante milia annorum, Plin. 14 praef. 1, § 3: milia tumulorum, Prud. cont. Symm. 1, 516: erat numerus eorum milia milium, Vulg. Apoc. 5, 11; so, mille alia, alia mille, innumerable others, Quint. 2, 15, 23; Sen. Ep. 24, 14.

(millĕfŏlĭa, ae, f., false read. for milifolium, q. v., Plin. 25, 5, 19, § 42.)

millĕfŏlĭum, v. milifolium.

millĕformis (millĭformis), e, adj. [mille-forma], of a thousand forms (postclass.): pestis, Prud. Cath. 9, 55.

millēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [milleni], containing a thousand, millenary (postclass.): numerus, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7: aevum, Tert. de Anim. 32: dux lanceariorum, commander of a thousand, Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 6, 35.

millēni, ae, a, adj. num. distr. [mille], a thousand each, a thousand (post-class.; for mille numero is the true reading, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 4), Gal. Inst. 2, 225; Dig. 31, 89, 1; Lampr. Heliog. 21, 7; 26, 7; Vulg. Num. 31, 5; id. 2 Reg. 18, 4; id. 1 Esdr. 8, 27.

millĕpĕda, ae, f. [mille-pes], thousandfeet, an insect, perh. the wood-louse, milleped, Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 12.

    1. 2. A hairy caterpillar, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 136.

millēsĭmus (-lensimus), a, um, adj. [mille], the thousandth (class.): millesimam partem vix intellego, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; cf.: in millesimo corpore, Cels. 2, 6: inter mille rates tua sit millesima puppis, i. e. ultima, Ov H. 13, 97: usura, one for every thousand monthly, Sen. Ira, 3, 33: pagina, Juv. 7, 100.
In plur.: armillam, ex millesimis Mercurii factam, the thousandth part of gain vowed to Mercury, Petr. 67, 7.
Hence, adv.: millēsĭmum, for the thousandth time: Q pater quartum vel potius millesi mum nihii sapit, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 1.

millĭārensis, e, v. miliarensis.

millĭārĭus, a, um, v. miliarius.

millĭes or mīlĭes (milliens or mi-liens), adv. [mille], a thousand times (class.): quinquies millies, Plin. 2, 23, 21, § 85: semel et tricies millies mille, Vitr. 1, 6.
Innumerable times: moreretur prius millies quam, Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15; id. Sest. 58, 123; id. Att. 7, 11, 1: genera juris millies mutata sunt, id. Rep. 3, 10, 17: millies melius, a thousand times better, id. Phil. 2, 44, 112: plus miliens audivi, more than a thousand times, Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 32.

millĭformis, e, v. milleformis.

millĭmŏdus, a, um, adj. [mille-modus], thousand-fold, innumerable (postclass.): irae, Ven. Vit. S. Martin. 3, 303.

* millĭo, ōnis, m., a kind of hawk, Macr. Emp. 33.

millus, i, m., v. mellum.

1. Mĭlo and Mĭlon, ōnis, m., = Μίλων.

  1. I. A celebrated athlete of Crotona, Cic. Fat. 13, 30; id. Sen. 9, 27; 10, 33; Val. Max. 9, 12, 9 ext.; Vitr. 9 praef. § 2; Plin. 7, 20, 19, § 83.
  2. II. A king of Pisa, in Elis, Ov. Ib. 327.

2. Mĭlo, ōnis, m., a name assumed by T. Annius, as an admirer of Milo of Crotona, and the leader of a band of gladiators. He was the son of C. Papius Celsus and Annia, daughter of C. Annius, who adopted the grandson. He was tribune of the people with Clodius, B. C. 57, but afterwards killed the latter, and was defended by Cicero in an oration still extant (pro T. Annio Milone).
Hence, Mĭlōnĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to T. Annius Milo, Milonian: tempora, i. e. the time when Milo was indicted, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 7, B, 2.
Subst.: Mĭlōnĭāna, ae (sc. oratio), the oration of Cicero for Milo, Cic. Or. 49, 165; Mart. Cap. 5, § 526.

Mīlōnĭus, i, m., the name of a parasite, Hor. S. 2, 1, 24.

Miltiădes, is, m., = Μιλτιάδης, the celebrated general of the Athenians, the victor in the battle of Marathon, Nep. Milt.; Cic. Tusc. 4, 19, 44; id. Rep. 1, 3, 5; id. Sest. 67, 141.

† miltītes lăpis = μιλτίτης λίθος, a kind of blood-stone, Plin. 36, 20, 38, § 147.

† miltos, i, f., = μιλτος, red-lead, minium, or native cinnabar, Plin. 33, 7, 38, § 115.

milŭa (-va), ae, f. [milvus], a she-kite, as a term of abuse, Petr. 75, 6.

milŭāgo (-vago), ĭnis, f. [milvus], a kind of fish, = milvus, II. A., Isid. 12, 6, 36 (but a false read for lolligo, Plin. 32, 2, 6, § 15).

milŭīnus (also milvīnus), a, um, adj. [milvus],

  1. I. of or belonging to the kite (class.): plumae, Plin. 37, 10, 60, § 167.
    1. B. Transf., resembling a kite, kite-like, i. e. rapacious: ungulae, i. e. a thief’s clutches, Plaut. Ps. 3, 2, 63. pullus, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 6: miluinus pes, kite’s foot, an herb so called from its resemblance to the foot of a kite, Col. 12, 7, § 1; cf. Plin. 27, 8, 35, § 57.
  2. II. Subst.: miluīna (milvīna), ae, f.
    1. * A. (Sc. fames.) A kite’s, i. e. a ravenous, appetite, voracity, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 29 (dub.; Ritschl, bulimam).
    2. B. (Sc. tibia.) A kind of flute of a very clear tone: miluina genus tibiae acutissimi soni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll.; Sol. 5, 19.

miluus (later also, milvus), i, m., a bird of prey, a kite, glede.

  1. I. Lit.: pulmentum ei deripuit miluos … postulare ut sibi liceret miluom vadarier, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 37; 40; id. Rud. 4, 4, 80; Plin. 10, 10, 12, § 28: miluo est quoddam bellum quasi naturale cum corvo, Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: adulteretur et columba miluo, of something impossible, Hor. Epod. 16, 32.
    Of rapacious men, a kite: male ego metuo miluos, Plaut. Poen. 5, 5, 13.
    Prov.: dives arat Curibus, quantum non milvus oberret, so large that a kite could not fly across it, Pers. 4, 26; Juv 9, 55; Petr. 37, 8
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A fish of prey, a gurnard: (metuit) opertum miluus hamum, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 51; Ov. Hal. 95.
    2. B. A constellation: stella Lycaoniam vergit proclivis ad Arcton Miluus, Ov. F. 3, 794; Plin. 18, 26, 65, § 237.

Milvĭus Pons, v. Mulvius.

* Milyădum Commūne, a district and city in Lycia, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 95; called Milyas, ădis, f., Liv. 38, 39, 16.

mīma, ae (in the dat. and abl. plur., mimabus, acc. to Cledonius, p. 1863 P.), f. [mimus], a female mimic or mime, Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; 13, 11, 24; Hor. S. 1, 2, 56; Inscr. Orell. 2624.
In apposition: a mima uxore, Cic. Phil. 2, 8, 20.

Mĭmallŏnes, um, f., = Μιμάλλονες, the Bacchantes (poet), Stat. Th. 4, 660; Sid. C. 1, 13.
Hence,

  1. I. Mĭmallŏnĕus, a, um, adj., Bacchantic, Bacchanalian (poet.), Pers. 1, 99.
  2. II. Mĭmallŏnis, ĭdis, f., a Bacchante (poet.), Ov. A. A. 1, 541.

mīmārĭus, a, um, adj. [mimus], for mimicus,

  1. I. of or belonging to a mime, mimic (post-class.): mimarii scurrae, Capitol Ver. 8, 1.
  2. II. Subst.: mīmārĭus, ĭi, m., a mimic actor, Inscr. Orell. 2631.

Mĭmas, antis, m., = Μίμας.

  1. I. A mountain range in Ionia, opposite the Isle of Chios, a branch of Mount Tmolus, still called Mimas, Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 118; Ov M. 2, 222; Luc. 7, 451; Cic. Att. 16, 13, a, 2; id. Fragm. p. 580 Orell.; Amm. 31, 14, 8.
  2. II. A giant: Typhoeus et validus Mimas, Hor. C. 3, 4, 53; Sil. 4, 278.
  3. III. A Trojan: Mimanta, Verg. A. 10, 702.

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