militaris

Latin

Etymology

From mīles (soldier) +‎ -āris.

Pronunciation

Adjective

mīlitāris (neuter mīlitāre, adverb mīlitāriter); third-declension two-termination adjective

  1. Of a soldier: soldierly; or of the military: martial.
  2. Of or pertaining to war.
  3. Warlike.

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative mīlitāris mīlitāre mīlitārēs mīlitāria
genitive mīlitāris mīlitārium
dative mīlitārī mīlitāribus
accusative mīlitārem mīlitāre mīlitārēs
mīlitārīs
mīlitāria
ablative mīlitārī mīlitāribus
vocative mīlitāris mīlitāre mīlitārēs mīlitāria

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

mīlitāris m (genitive mīlitāris); third declension

  1. military man, soldier
  2. (Medieval Latin) knight

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Verb

mīlitāris

  1. second-person singular present passive indicative of mīlitō

References

  • militaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • militaris”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • militaris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) military age: aetas militaris
    • (ambiguous) to have had no experience in war: rei militaris rudem esse
  • militaris in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016