milium

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin milium.

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Noun

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milium (plural milia)

  1. (dermatology) A keratin-filled cyst that can appear just under the epidermis or on the roof of the mouth.

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Italic *meljom, from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂- (to grind, crush), see also Ancient Greek μελίνη (melínē, millet) and Lithuanian málnos (millet).

Pronunciation

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milia in agrō (millet in the field)

Noun

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milium n (genitive miliī or milī); second declension

  1. millet
Declension
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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative milium milia
Genitive miliī
milī1
miliōrum
Dative miliō miliīs
Accusative milium milia
Ablative miliō miliīs
Vocative milium milia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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Etymology 2

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Inflected form of mīlle (thousand)

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Numeral

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mīlium

  1. genitive plural of mīlle (thousand; 1000)
Usage notes
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See Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers

References

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  • milium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • milium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • milium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.