Meaning of mille | Babel Free

Definitions

thousand; 1000

Examples

“Mīlle hominum rīsit, or, mīlle hominēs rīsērunt or, less preferrably, mīlle hominum rīsērunt.”

A thousand people laughed.

“Duo mīlia ovium tōnsa sunt.”

Two thousand sheep have been sheared.

“Lūcīlius autem . . .Tū mīllī nummum potes ūnō quaerere centum'mīllī passum' dīxit prō 'mīlle passibus' et 'ūnō mīllī nummum' prō 'ūnīs mīlle nummīs', apertēque ostendit 'mīlle' et vocābulum esse et singulārī numerō dīci eiusque plūrātivum esse 'mīlia' et cāsum etiam capere ablātīvum”

“nōn mīlle, nōn duo, nec tria mīlia, sed ad ūnās ūnius agrī decumās trīticī modium trīgintā voluisse addere”

was prepared to pay not a thousand, not two, not three thousand, but thirty thousand pecks of wheat above the going price for the individual tithes of one single district

“Chalcide cum Attalō et quattuor mīlibus peditum, mīlle equitum ad cōnsulem vēnit.”

A thousand horsemen came to the consul from Chalkis, accompanied by Attalus and by four thousand foot soldiers.

“et tergum mīlle equitēs tuēbantur”

and a thousand horsemen were guarding the rear

“Dominus autem benedīxit novissimīs Iob magis quam prīncipiō eius, et facta sunt ei quattuordecim mīlia ovium, et sex mīlia camēlōrum, et mīlle iuga boum, et mīlle asinae”

Moreover, God blessed Job's last days more than at the beginning, as 14000 sheep were made, and 6000 camels, and a thousand yoke of oxen, and a thousand female donkeys.

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