# militia
## English
### Etymology

From Latin mīlitia (“army, military force/service”), from mīles (“soldier”). Doublet of militsia.
The use of "militia" rather than "police" to refer to the police force (of Belarus and some other countries) originated in the USSR.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /məˈlɪʃə/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɪʃə

### Noun

militia (plural militias or militiae)
* An army of trained civilians, which may be an official reserve army, called upon in time of need, the entire able-bodied population of a state which may also be called upon, or a private force not under government control.
* Synonym of militsia: the national police force of certain countries (e.g. Belarus).

#### Translations
## Latin
### Etymology

From mīles (“soldier”) +‎ -ia.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /miːˈli.ti.a/, [miːˈlʲɪt̪iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /miˈlit.t͡si.a/, [miˈlit̪ː͡s̪iä]

### Noun

mīlitia f (genitive mīlitiae); first declension
* military service
** 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Livy, Ab Urbe Condita 26.1:huic generī mīlitum senātus eundem, quem Cannēnsibus, fīnem statuērat mīlitiae.For this class of soldier the senate had established a limit in duration to their military service, which was the same as the men at Cannae.
* the military, army, soldiery
* warfare, war, campaign
    domī mīlitiaeque (also domī bellīque) ― in war and peace
* civil service, profession, employment
* (figuratively) military spirit, courage, bravery

#### Declension

First-declension noun, with locative.
Locative used in the sense "on military service".

#### Related terms

* mīles
* mīlitāris
* mīlitāriter
* mīlitārius
* mīlitō

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: мілі́цыя (milícyja)
* Catalan: milícia
* Crimean Tatar: militsioner, militsiya
* English: militia
* Middle French: milice
** French: milice
*** → Ottoman Turkish: میلیس
**** Turkish: milis
* Italian: milizia
* Polish: milicja
** → Russian: мили́ция (milícija)
*** → Armenian: միլիցիա (milicʻia)
*** → Azerbaijani: milis
*** → English: militsia
*** → Estonian: miilits
*** → Georgian: მილიცია (milicia)
*** → Kildin Sami: милиция (milicija)
*** → Romanian: miliție
*** → Uzbek: militsiya
* Portuguese: milícia
* Spanish: milicia

### References

* “militia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “militia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "militia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* militia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. to take service in the army: militiam (only in the sing.) capessere to try to avoid military service: militiam detrectare, subterfugere to be excused military duty: militiae vacationem habere to retire from service: militia functum, perfunctum esse
* militia in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016