† 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
随便看	to take it in the arse ass to take it in the arse bum to take it in the arse butt to take it in the arse etc to take it in the neck to take it in turns to take it into one's head to take it kind to take it like a man to take it on one's death, etc to take it on one's honour to take it on the chin to take it or leave it to take it out to take it out in trade to take it out of to take it out of a person to take it out on to take it slow to take it slow and easy to take it to the bridge to take it turn and turn about to take it up the arse to take it up the arse ass to take it up the arse bum