milliaria

Latin

Noun

mīlliāria

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of mīlliārium
    • 1772, Finnur Jónsson, chapter 1, in Historia Ecclesiastica Islandiæ [The Ecclesiastical History of Iceland]‎[1], volume 1, Copenhagen: Orphanotrophius Regii, section 1, page 1:
      Ab ortu ad occaſum circiter 110 milliaria Germanica, latitudo autem ad 73 extendi perhibetur.
      [ab ortū ad occāsum circiter 110 mīlliāria Germānica, lātitūdo autem ad 73 extendī perhibētur.]
      From east to west [it is] about 110 German miles; however, the width is said to extend to 73 [German miles].
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