mīlle

mīlle uit.-lat.

From Proto-Italic *smīɣeslī, from earlier *smih₂ǵʰéslih₂, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-(“one”) + *-ih₂ (feminine suffix) + *ǵʰés-lo- (“heap”) + *-ih₂. Compare Ancient Greek χίλιοι (khílioi), Persian هزار (hezâr), and Sanskrit सहस्र (sahásra).

Alternative forms

• M, ↀ (symbol)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmiːl.le/, [ˈmiːlːʲɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmil.le/, [ˈmilːe]

Numeral

mīlle (genitive mīlle); semi-indeclinable numeral

1. thousand; 1000 [ quotations ▼]

   Mīlle hominum rīsit, or, mīlle hominēs rīsērunt or, less preferrably, mīlle hominum rīsērunt. ― A thousand people laughed.

   Duo mīlia ovium tōnsa sunt. ― Two thousand sheep have been sheared.

Usage notes

• The singular form can be:
  • originally a neuter noun with singular agreement taking the noun in genitive plural: mīlle mīlitum vēnit;
  • an indeclinable adjective with plural agreement, by analogy with other cardinal numerals: mīlle mīlitēs vēnērunt ("a thousand soldiers came");
  • or even a neuter noun with plural agreement, perhaps in a partitive sense: as in mīlle mīlitum vēnērunt.
• The plural form normally behaves as a fully-declinable neuter noun of the third declension, with which the predicate agrees, as in duo mīlia mīlitum capta ("two thousand soldiers were captured");
  • but not if part of a compound numeral, and not with personal reference in the absence of a genitive, in which case it's an adjective, as in duo mīlia quīngentae (mīlitēs) captae ("two thousand five hundred women (soldiers) were captured"), tria mīlia captī ("three thousand were captured").
• An ablative singular form mīllī also occurs - see usage examples.
• For additional information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals.

Declension

Semi-indeclinable numeral.

Number	Singular		Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem./Neut.		Masc./Fem./Neut.
Nominative	mīlle		mīlia mīllia
Genitive			mīlium mīllium
Dative			mīlibus mīllibus
Accusative			mīlia mīllia
Ablative			mīlibus mīllibus
Vocative			mīlia mīllia

Etymology 2

Shortened from Latin mīlle passūs, mīlle passuum (“Roman mile”, literally “a thousand of paces”).

Noun

mīlle n

1. a mile, particularly a Roman mile of 8 stades (stadia); 1,000 paces (passūs); or 5,000 feet (pedes)

Declension

Semi-indeclinable numeral.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mīlle	mīlia mīllia
Genitive	mīlle	mīlium mīllium
Dative	mīlle	mīlibus mīllibus
Accusative	mīlle	mīlia mīllia
Ablative	mīlle	mīlibus mīllibus
Vocative	mīlle	mīlia mīllia

Synonyms

• mīlle passūs
• mīlle passuum