LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeralfirst/second-declension numeral

mīllēsimus

mīllēsimus (feminine mīllēsima, neuter mīllēsimum)
Classical[miːlˈleː.sɪ.mʊs]Ecclesiastical[milˈlɛː.s̬i.mus]

Meaning

  1. numeralthousandth

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemīllēsimusmīllēsimamīllēsimum
genitivemīllēsimīmīllēsimaemīllēsimī
dativemīllēsimōmīllēsimaemīllēsimō
accusativemīllēsimummīllēsimammīllēsimum
ablativemīllēsimōmīllēsimāmīllēsimō
vocativemīllēsimemīllēsimamīllēsimum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativemīllēsimīmīllēsimaemīllēsima
genitivemīllēsimōrummīllēsimārummīllēsimōrum
dativemīllēsimīsmīllēsimīsmīllēsimīs
accusativemīllēsimōsmīllēsimāsmīllēsima
ablativemīllēsimīsmīllēsimīsmīllēsimīs
vocativemīllēsimīmīllēsimaemīllēsima

millēsĭmus (-lensimus), a, um, adj. mille,
I. the thousandth (class.): millesimam partem vix intellego, Cic. Att. 2, 4, 1; cf.: in millesimo corpore, Cels. 2, 6: inter mille rates tua sit millesima puppis, i. e. ultima, Ov H. 13, 97: usura, one for every thousand monthly, Sen. Ira, 3, 33: pagina, Juv. 7, 100. —In plur.: armillam, ex millesimis Mercurii factam, the thousandth part of gain vowed to Mercury, Petr. 67, 7.—Hence, adv.: millēsĭmum, for the thousandth time: Q pater quartum vel potius millesimum nihii sapit, Cic. Att. 12, 5, 1.

Origins

From mīllē (“thousand”) + -ēsimus (“-th”).

Descendants
  • Catalanmil·lèsim
  • Frenchmillièmefrom Old French millesme
  • Frenchmillésime
  • Italianmillesimo
  • Occitanmillesim
  • Portuguesemilésimo
  • Spanishmilésimo
  • Galicianmilésimo
  • Sicilianmillèsimufrom Italian millesimo
  • Sicilianmiḍḍìsimu

Quick answers

What does mīllēsimus mean in Latin?
mīllēsimus, a numeral, means “thousandth”.
How do you pronounce mīllēsimus?
In classical Latin, [miːlˈleː.sɪ.mʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [milˈlɛː.s̬i.mus].