† Militinen.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Militinus, Melitinus.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin Militinus (late 12th or early 13th cent.), variant of Melitinus of or belonging to Melitina (late 6th or early 7th cent.) < the name of Melitina (6th cent., classical Latin Melitēnē , Hellenistic Greek Μελιτηνή ), a city (modern Malatya) in east-central Turkey, ancient Cappadocia, where the legion was based from 70–71 a.d. + inus -ine suffix¹.

Obsolete. rare.

The twelfth legion of the Roman army; = Thundering Legion n. at thundering adj. 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > ancient Roman

Thundering Legion1650

Militine?1765

?1765 H. Southwell New Bk. of Martyrs 16/2 All the Pagan deities were invoked in vain; when the men belonging to the militine, or thundering legion, who were all Christians, were commanded to call upon their God for succour.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	militine
释义	† Militinen. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin Militinus, Melitinus. Etymology: < post-classical Latin Militinus (late 12th or early 13th cent.), variant of Melitinus of or belonging to Melitina (late 6th or early 7th cent.) < the name of Melitina (6th cent., classical Latin Melitēnē , Hellenistic Greek Μελιτηνή ), a city (modern Malatya) in east-central Turkey, ancient Cappadocia, where the legion was based from 70–71 a.d. + inus -ine suffix¹. Obsolete. rare. The twelfth legion of the Roman army; = Thundering Legion n. at thundering adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > ancient Roman Thundering Legion1650 Militine?1765 ?1765 H. Southwell New Bk. of Martyrs 16/2 All the Pagan deities were invoked in vain; when the men belonging to the militine, or thundering legion, who were all Christians, were commanded to call upon their God for succour. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.?1765
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