miliarius

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mĭlĭārĭus: (mill-), a, um, adj. milium,
I of or belonging to millet, millet- (ante-class. and post-Aug.): miliariae (sc. aves) dictae a cibo, quod milio fiant pingues, Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.: aves, ortolans, id. R. R. 3, 5: herba, injurious to millet, Plin. 22, 25, 78, § 161.—
II Transf., subst.: mĭlĭārĭum (mill-), ii, n., a short and thick pillar which stood in the centre of the basin of an oil-mill to support the cupa, Cato, R. R. 20; 22.—
   B In baths, a tall and narrow vessel for drawing and warming water, Pall. 1, 40; Sen. Q. N. 3, 24, 2; Paul. Sent. 3, 6, 65.—
   C A cooking-vessel: miliarium argenteum, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.
mīlīārīus: or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,
I containing or comprising a thousand.
I Adj.: decuriae, Varr. L. L. 9, § 87 Müll.: greges, id. R. R. 2, 10: clivus, of a thousand paces, id. ib. 3, 1: apri, weighing a thousand pounds, Sen. Ep. 110, 12: oleae, Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 93: ala, of a thousand men, Plin. Ep. 7, 31: COHORS, Inscr Grut. 482, 4: porticus, a thousand feet in length, Suet. Ner. 31: aevum, of a thousand years, Tert Anim 31.—
II Subst.
   A mīlĭārĭum (mill-), ii, n.
   1    A mile-stone (which indicated a distance of a thousand paces, i. e. a Roman mile): cum plebes prope ripam Anienis ad tertium miliarium consedisset, Cic. Brut. 14, 54: intra primum urbis Romae miliarium, Gai. Inst. 4, 104: intra centesimum urbis Romae miliarium, within a hundred miles of Rome, id. ib. 1, 27.—In partic.: miliarium or miliarium aureum, the mile-stone set up by Augustus in the forum, as the terminal point of all military roads: mille passus non a miliario Urbis, sed a continentibus aedificiis numerandi sunt, Dig. 50, 16, 154; Suet. Oth. 6; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 66; Tac. H. 1, 27.—Plur: miliaria lapidea, Aug. Serm. 351, 11.—
   (b)    Transf., a Roman mile, a mile, Suet. Ner. 31.—
   2    The number one thousand, a thousand, Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a space of a thousand years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.—
   B mīlĭārĭi (mill-), ōrum, m., a Christian sect who believed in the doctrine of a millennial kingdom, the Millenarians, Chiliasts, Aug. Haeres. 8; id. Civ. Dei, 20, 7, 1; Hier. praef. libri 18 in Isa. 66, 33.