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Latin

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Etymology

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From con- (co-) +‎ mīles (soldier) (stem mīlit-) +‎ -ium (-ship, noun-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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commīlitium n (genitive commīlitiī or commīlitī); second declension

  1. comradeship, companionship in war

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

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  • commilitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • commilitium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers