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Use Ar. and P. περίπολοι, οἱ (lit., <b class="b2">reserves kept to guard the frontiers</b>).
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|lshtext=<b>mīlĭtĭa</b>: ae (-āi, Lucr. 1, 29), f. id.,<br /><b>I</b> [[military]] [[service]], [[warfare]], [[war]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Abl. militiā, in [[war]], opp. togā, in [[peace]], Juv. 10, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Military [[spirit]], [[courage]], [[bravery]]: [[virilis]] militiae [[uxor]], Flor. 4, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> Under the emperors ([[like]] [[miles]]), an [[office]] or [[employment]] at [[court]], Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mīlĭtĭa</b>,⁸ æ, f. ([[miles]]),<br /><b>1</b> service militaire, métier de soldat : Cic. Off. 3, 97 ; Cæs. G. 6, 18, 3 ; militiæ [[disciplina]] Cic. Pomp. 28, apprentissage de la guerre ; militiæ [[magister]] Liv. 22, 23, 2, directeur des opérations militaires &#124;&#124; [locatif] militiæ Cic. Leg. 3, 6, en temps de guerre ; [[domi]] militiæque Cic. Tusc. 5, 55 ; et [[domi]] et militiæ Cic. Rep. 2, 1 ; militiæ domique Liv. 7, 32, 16, en paix comme en guerre<br /><b>2</b> campagne de guerre : Vell. 2, 120 ; Just. 20, 1, 3<br /><b>3</b> esprit militaire, bravoure, courage : Flor. 4, 5 &#124;&#124; armée : Liv. 4, 26, 3 ; Ov. H. 8, 46 ; Plin. 4, 97<br /><b>4</b> charge à la cour [sous les empereurs] : Cod. Just. 3, 25, 1.||[locatif] militiæ Cic. Leg. 3, 6, en temps de guerre ; [[domi]] militiæque Cic. Tusc. 5, 55 ; et [[domi]] et militiæ Cic. Rep. 2, 1 ; militiæ domique Liv. 7, 32, 16, en paix comme en guerre<br /><b>2</b> campagne de guerre : Vell. 2, 120 ; Just. 20, 1, 3<br /><b>3</b> esprit militaire, bravoure, courage : Flor. 4, 5||armée : Liv. 4, 26, 3 ; Ov. H. 8, 46 ; Plin. 4, 97<br /><b>4</b> charge à la cour [sous les empereurs] : Cod. Just. 3, 25, 1.
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