[], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- In the Roman Army: designating a unit of one thousand men; (also more generally) a large unit; specifically the first (elite) cohort of a legion.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Vegetius' De Re Militari. As adjective from classical Latin mīliārius, mīlliārius comprising a thousand (frequently designating military units), a thousand paces long from mīlle thousand + -ārius. As noun in sense A. 1 from classical Latin mīliārium, mīlliārium milestone, use as noun of neuter singular of mīliārius, mīlliārius, with reference to the fact that a mile comprised a thousand paces. As noun in sense A. 2 from post-classical Latin miliarius, milliarius, use as noun of masculine singular of classical Latin mīliārius, mīlliārius, after Byzantine Greek χιλιαστής (apparently only recorded in Latin authors)

[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A stone or mark set up by the ancient Romans as a point of departure in measuring distances of a thousand paces; a milestone.


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English; earliest use found in Vegetius' De Re Militari. As adjective from classical Latin mīliārius, mīlliārius comprising a thousand (frequently designating military units), a thousand paces long from mīlle thousand + -ārius. As noun in sense A. 1 from classical Latin mīliārium, mīlliārium milestone, use as noun of neuter singular of mīliārius, mīlliārius, with reference to the fact that a mile comprised a thousand paces. As noun in sense A. 2 from post-classical Latin miliarius, milliarius, use as noun of masculine singular of classical Latin mīliārius, mīlliārius, after Byzantine Greek χιλιαστής (apparently only recorded in Latin authors)