milito Latin · revision 8335

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=la mīles}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈmiː.lɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈmiː.li.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''mīlitō''' (present infinitive mīlitāre, perfect active mīlitāvī, supine mīlitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[mīles]] “soldier”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citation, from Plautus, is of other kinds of service.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to serve as a soldier, perform military service, and by transfer to serve in other activities, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to serve in the army, fight, hold office at court, and to war.^(Stelten 1995) It survives in French ''militer'' and Italian ''militare'', and its participle ''mīlitātus'' gave [[en|militate]] in the 1620s, first “to serve as a soldier”.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of service.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1620s – English ''militate'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To serve as a soldier.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To serve, labour (in another activity).^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' To hold office at court.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[commīlitō]]

+ * [[permīlitō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mīles]]

+ * [[mīlitāriē]]

+ * [[mīlitāris]]

+ * [[mīlitāriter]]

+ * [[mīlitārius]]

+ * [[mīlitia]]

+ * [[en|militate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}