miliens Latin · revision 32765

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *sm-ih₂-ǵʰes-l-ih₂}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mīliēns''' (not comparable)^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''mīliēs'', ''mīlliēns'' and ''mīlliēs''.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) The grammarian Caper says numeral adverbs should be written without ''n''.^(TLL)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|mīlle|-iēns|t1=thousand]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) De Vaan traces [[m|la|mīlle]] to [[itc-pro|*smīχeslī]] and [[ine-pro|*sm-ih₂-ǵʰes-l-ih₂|t=having one thousand]], comparing [[sa|सहस्र|tr=sahásra-|t=thousand]] and [[grc|χίλιοι|tr=khílioi|t=thousand]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and Köbler date it from Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a thousand times, often as an exaggeration.^(OLD 2012) With [[sestertium]] it stands for a thousand times a hundred thousand sesterces, a hundred million: Cicero reclaims that sum under the law in his speech against Caecilius.^(OLD 2012) The TLL notes the spelling ⟨mīlliēns⟩ in the ''Res Gestae'' of Augustus, Cicero, Livy, Seneca and Tacitus.^(TLL)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of a hundred million sesterces.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # A [[m|en|thousand]] times; countless times.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''mīliēns sestertium'', a hundred million [[m|en|sesterces]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mille|alt=mīlle]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}