Roman mile en · NOUN
Etymology
Roman + mile
Meanings
- An ancient Roman unit of itinerant distance of 1000 paces (mille passus, hence also "mile" from Latin mille, "1000"). Indirectly standardized to 5000 Roman feet by Agrippa in 29 BC. In modern times, Agrippa's Imperial Roman mile is empirically estimated to have been around 1481 meters (1620 yards, 4860 English feet, 0.92 English miles); compared with a modern mile, which is 5280 feet.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roman miles | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (9)
la mille passus (Roman unit of length) · la mille passuum (Roman unit of length) · ru ри́мская ми́ля (Roman unit of length) · grc μίλιον (Roman unit of length) · de Meile (Roman unit of length) · la mille (Roman unit of length) · fi roomalainen maili (Roman unit of length) · osp migero (Roman unit of length) · xcl մղոն (Roman unit of length)