milliarium

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mīlle (“thousand”) +‎ -ārium (of purpose), via mīlliārius (“relating to thousands of steps, i.e., miles”).

Noun

mīlliārium n (genitive mīlliāriī); second declension

  1. milestone
  2. column resembling a milestone

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative mīlliārium mīlliāria
Genitive mīlliāriī mīlliāriōrum
Dative mīlliāriō mīlliāriīs
Accusative mīlliārium mīlliāria
Ablative mīlliāriō mīlliāriīs
Vocative mīlliārium mīlliāria

Descendants

References
  • milliarium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • milliarium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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