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militaris

Militaris is a Latin adjective meaning "military" or "of the army." It derives from the Latin word for soldier and has long been used to describe things related to war, soldiers, or military institutions. In classical and later Latin texts, militaris appears as a descriptive term in phrases and compound expressions to denote military matters, organizations, or culture.

In modern scientific naming, militaris is commonly used as a specific epithet in binomial nomenclature across

Outside taxonomy, militaris also appears in historical, legal, and literary contexts to refer to military law,

See also: Latin language, taxonomy and nomenclature, binomial naming, specific epithet, military terminology in Latin.

plants
and
animals.
As
a
Latin
adjective,
it
agrees
with
the
gender
and
number
of
the
genus
name;
masculine
and
feminine
forms
are
often
militaris,
while
the
neuter
form
is
typically
militaire.
The
epithet
does
not
indicate
a
universal
trait
of
all
members
of
a
species;
rather,
it
reflects
a
descriptive,
geographic,
honorific,
or
thematic
choice
by
the
taxonomist
who
coined
the
name.
organization,
or
life.
Its
usage
highlights
the
traditional
role
of
Latin
as
a
scholarly
language
in
which
many
terms
related
to
war
and
statecraft
have
been
formulated
and
transmitted.