mīlĭtĭa — Lewis & Short
mīlĭtĭa, ae (-āi, f.id.,
Lucr. 1, 29),I military service, warfare, war.
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.—
B Esp.
1 Abl. militiā, in war, opp. togā, in peace, Juv. 10, 9.—
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.—
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.—
II Transf.
A Military spirit, courage, bravery:
virilis militiae uxor,Flor. 4, 5.—
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.—
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.—
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.—
E Under the emperors (like miles), an office or employment at court, Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25.