mīles itis, m and f MIL-, a soldier: ut fortīs decet Milites, T.: milites scribere, enlist, S.: ordinare, form into companies, L.: mercede conducere, hire, L.: dimittere, dismiss.

—Esp., a footsoldier, infantry: milites equitesque, Cs.

—A common soldier, private (i. e. miles gregarius): strenui militis et boni imperatoris officia, S.: volgus militum, L.

—Collect., soldiery, army: Macedoniam sine ullo milite reliquisse: loca milite complent, V.: multus, H.

—A chessman, pawn: Discolor, O.

—Fem., of a woman in her first childbed: rudis ad partūs, O.

—Of a nymph of Diana: miles erat Phoebes, O.