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|lshtext=<b>mille</b>: in the plur. mīlia (or millia;<br /><b>I</b> archaic, MEILIA, Inscr. Orell. 3308; abl. [[sing]]. milli, Lucil. ap. Gell. 1, 16, and ap. Macr. S. 1, 5), num. adj. Sanscr. [[root]] mil-, [[combine]], [[associate]]; Gr. [[ὅμιλος]]; cf. [[miles]], a [[thousand]], thousands.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., [[sometimes]] in [[sing]]. subst, [[with]] gen.; in plur, [[only]] subst. [[with]] gen.: equites [[mille]] viā breviore praemissi, Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 9, 3: [[mille]] et quingentis passibus abesse, Caes. B. G. 1, 22.—With gen.: [[mille]] drachumarum Olympicūm, Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 23: [[spondeo]] et [[mille]] auri Philippum dotis, id. ib. 5, 2, 34; cf.: [[mille]] nummūm, Cic. Phil. 6, 5, 15; id. ap. Gell. 1, 16, 5: [[mille]] denariūm, Gell. 1, 16, 9: [[mille]] quingentos aeris in [[censum]] adferre, Cic. Rep. 2, 22, 40: ibi occiditur [[mille]] hominum, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 1, 16, 1: hominum [[mille]] versabatur, Cic. Mil. 20, 53.—So [[with]] [[verb]] in sing., Cic. Att. 4, 16, 14; Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 4; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 40: [[mille]] equitum, Caes. B. C. 3, 84; Liv. 21, 61: [[mille]] militum, Nep. Milt. 5, 1: [[plus]] [[mille]] et [[centum]] annorum est, Varr. ap. Gell. 1, 16, 3: [[mille]] annorum, Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 87: passuum, [[Cato]] ap. Gell. l. l.; Caes. B. G. 1, 25, 5 al.; cf. Zumpt, Gr. § 116.—In plur. [[with]] gen.: Thracum [[mille]] aut duo milia occidere, Cic. Phil. 14, 5, 12: sexcenta milia mundorum, id. N. D. 1, 34, 96.—Without gen.: censa sunt civium capita [[centum]] [[quadraginta]] tria milia septingenta quatuor, Liv. 35, 9: sagittarios tria milia [[numero]] habebat, Caes. B. C. 3, 4: tot milia, gentes Arma ferunt Italae, Verg. A. 9, 132: [[decem]] milia talenta, Hier. in Evang. Matt. 18, 24: quatuor milia, funditores et sagittarii, Liv. 37, 40, 9; cf. id. 37, 40, 11; 38, 38, 13; 37, 58, 4: tritici modios CXX milia polliceri, Caes. B. C. 2, 18, 4; 3, 4, 3: Graecis peditibus mercede conductis, [[triginta]] milibus, [[praepositus]], Curt. 3, 9, 2; 9, 3, 21; 5, 1, 41; Liv. 34, 52, 7.—Distributively: in milia aeris asses singulos, on [[every]] [[thousand]], Liv. 29, 15.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.: [[mille]] [[passus]], [[mille]] passuum, or [[simply]] [[mille]], a [[thousand]] paces, i. e. a Roman [[mile]], [[which]] is estimated at 1618 English yards, or 142 yards [[less]] [[than]] the English [[statute]] [[mile]]: milli [[passum]] dixit (sc. [[Lucilius]]) pro [[mille]] passibus ... aperteque ostendit [[mille]] et [[vocabulum]] esse et singulari [[numero]] dici, Gell. 1, 16, 13; Cic. Att. 4, 16, 4: [[ultra]] quadringenta milia, id. ib. 3, 4.—Prov.: [[mille]] passuum [[mora]], a [[mile]]'s [[delay]], i. e. a [[long]] [[delay]], Plaut. Truc. 2, 3, 13; cf.: [[mille]] passuum commoratu's cantharum, id. Men. 1, 2, 64.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., [[like]] the Gr. μυρία, a [[thousand]], for [[innumerable]], [[infinite]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): [[mille]] pro uno Kaesones exstitisse, Liv. 3, 14, 4; 2, 28, 4: [[mille]] trahens varios [[adverso]] [[sole]] colores, Verg. A. 4, 701: tentat [[mille]] modis, Hor. C. 3, 7, 12: [[mille]] pericula saevae urbis, Juv. 3, 8; 12, 46: [[quomodo]] persequatur [[unus]] [[mille]], Vulg. Deut. 32, 30. —Plur.: [[ante]] milia annorum, Plin. 14 praef. 1, § 3: milia tumulorum, Prud. cont. Symm. 1, 516: erat [[numerus]] eorum milia [[milium]], Vulg. Apoc. 5, 11; so, [[mille]] [[alia]], [[alia]] [[mille]], [[innumerable]] others, Quint. 2, 15, 23; Sen. Ep. 24, 14.
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|gf=<b>mīllĕ</b>,⁶ n. [indécl. au sing.], pl. mīllia et mīlia, ĭum, [[mille]] : Cic.<br /><b>1</b> [[mille]] : <b> a)</b> [[mille]] [[passus]], [[mille]] pas, cf. Cæs. G. 1, 22, 1 ; <b> b)</b> [[mille]] passuum Cæs. G. 1, 25, 5, un millier de pas, cf. Cic. Phil. 6, 15 ; [abl.] [[illo]] [[mille]] nummum Pl. Trin. 959, [l’escroquer] de ce millier de philippes || [avec verbe au sing.] hominum [[mille]] versabatur Cic. Mil. 53, un millier d’hommes se tenait, cf. Att. 4, 16, 4 ; Ter. Haut. 601 ; Gell. 1, 16, 1 ; <b> c)</b> [= un nombre indéfini] Liv. 2, 28, 4 ; 3, 14, 4 ; Virg. En. 4, 701 ; Hor. O. 3, 7, 12<br /><b>2</b> [[milia]] [quand il s’agit de [[plus]]. milliers] <b> a)</b> [en apposition] sagittorios (mss β) tria [[milia]] [[numero]] habebat Cæs. C. 3, 4, 3, il avait des archers au nombre de trois [[mille]] ; talenta [[Attica]] [[duodecim]] [[milia]] Liv. 38, 38, 13, des talents attiques au nombre de douze [[mille]] ; [[quadraginta]] milibus sestertiis [[Varro]] R. 3, 2, 17, au prix de quarante [[mille]] sesterces, cf. Liv. 37, 40, 11 ; 37, 58, 4 ; <b> b)</b> [avec gén.] Cic. Nat. 1, 96, etc. ; <b> c)</b> [distributif] in [[milia]] æris asses singulos Liv. 29, 15, 9, demander un as par [[mille]] as de [[capital]] ; <b> d)</b> = [[mille]] pas, un [[mille]] : quadringenta [[milia]] Cic. Att. 3, 4, quatre cents milles. arch. meile, meilia Lucil. Sat. 358 ; abl. sing. milli Lucil. Sat. 327 ; cf. Gell. 1, 16, 11 ; Macr. Sat. 1, 5, 7.
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