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                    "description": "mīlĭtĭa (noun F) : (-āi, Lucr. 1, 29),  id.\n* Military service, warfare, war.\n* Lit.: in militiae disciplinam profectus est,Cic. Imp. Pomp. 10, 28: militiam subterfugere,id. Off. 3, 26, 97: ferre,Hor. Ep. 1, 18, 55: tolerare,Verg. A. 8, 516: munus militiae sustinere,Caes. B. G. 6, 18: militiae vacatio,exemption from military service,id. ib. 6, 14: militiae magna scientia,Sall. J. 63, 2: militiam discere,id. C. 7, 4: praeclara,Vell. 2, 5, 1: Pompeii,id. 2, 40, 1: adversus Graecos,Just. 20, 1, 3: lentas militias,Tib. 1, 3, 82: Cimbrica Teutonicaque,Vell. 2, 120, 1: militiae honorem,military honors,Juv. 7, 88.\n* Esp.\n* Transf.\n* Trop., of love: at confidentia militia illa militatur multo magis quam pondere,Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 50; so of an inattentive lover: pro infrequente eum mittat militiā domum,id. Truc. 2, 1, 19.\n* Military spirit, courage, bravery: virilis militiae uxor,Flor. 4, 5.\n* Concr., the soldiery, military (syn.: milites, exercitus, copiae): hic pars militiae, dux erat ille ducum,Ov. H. 8, 46: Romanae militiae decus,Val. Max. 1, 6, 11: cum omni militiā interficitur,Just. 32, 2, 2; Plin. 4, 14, 27, § 97: qua (lex) maxima apud eos vis cogendae militiae erat,Liv. 4, 26, 3: magister militiae, general, id.  22, 23, 2: caelestis,Vulg. Luc. 2, 13.—So trop.: militia caeli,i. e. the heavenly bodies,Vulg. Act. 7, 42; id. Deut. 17, 3.\n* A civil service, office, profession, employment, esp. a laborious one: hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, etc.,Cic. Mur. 9, 19: haec mea militia est,Ov. F. 2, 9.—Of swallows building their nests: eaque militia illis cum anno redit semper,Plin. 10, 33, 49, § 95.\n* Any special work of difficulty, requiring a great effort: completa est militia ejus,Vulg. Isa. 40, 2: arma militiae nostrae non carnalia,id. 2 Cor. 10, 4: bona,id. 1 Tim. 1, 18.\n* Under the emperors (like miles), an office or employment at court, Prud. Cath. 19; Cod. Just. 3, 25."
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