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|lshtext=<b>mĭlĭārĭus</b>: ([[mill]]-), a, um, adj. [[milium]],<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> A [[cooking]]-[[vessel]]: miliarium argenteum, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 12.<br /><b>mīlīārīus</b>: or millĭārĭus, a, um, adj. id.,<br /><b>I</b> containing or comprising a [[thousand]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Subst.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> mīlĭārĭum ([[mill]]-), ii, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Transf., a Roman [[mile]], a [[mile]], Suet. Ner. 31.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [[number]] one [[thousand]], a [[thousand]], Varr. L. L. 9, § 82 Müll.: annorum, a [[space]] of a [[thousand]] years, Aug. Civ. Dei, 20, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.

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