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com-mīlĭto , ōnis, m.
I. A comrade, companion in war, fellow-soldier (in good prose; most freq. in the histt., esp. of the post-Aug. per.), * Cic. Deiot. 10, 28; Caesar ap. Suet. Caes. 67; August. ap. Suet. Aug. 25; C. Cassius ap. Quint. 6, 3, 90; Liv. 3, 50, 5 and 7; Vell. 2, 59, 4; Suet. Claud. 10; id. Galb. 20; id. Vit. 11; Flor. 2, 20, 2. —
II. Transf., in gen., a comrade: “carissimus sibi,” Petr. 80: “di,” Flor. 1, 11, 4; and for a prostitute, Elag. ap. Lampr. Elag. 26.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, For King Deiotarius, 10.28
    • Suetonius, Divus Augustus, 25
    • Suetonius, Divus Claudius, 10
    • Suetonius, Galba, 20
    • Suetonius, Divus Julius, 67
    • Suetonius, Vitellius, 11
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 3, 50.5
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 3.90
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