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mercenary troops

  • 1 наемные войска

    mercenary troops

    Русско-английский синонимический словарь > наемные войска

  • 2 наемен

    hired
    наемен труд wage labour, ( непосилен) wage slavery
    наемен работник a hired labourer/worker; hand
    наемна армия an army of mercenaries, mercenary troops
    наемен убиец a hired assassin, bravo
    наемен войник mercenary
    ист. freelance
    наемен писач penny-a-liner
    наемен срок lease
    * * *
    наѐмен,
    прил., -на, -но, -ни hired; \наеменен войник mercenary; истор. freelance; \наеменен писач пренебр. penny-a-liner; \наеменен работник hired labourer/worker; hand; \наеменен срок lease; \наеменен труд wage labour, ( непосилен) wage slavery; \наеменен убиец hired assassin, bravo, hitman; \наеменна армия army of mercenaries, mercenary troops.
    * * *
    hack; hired;; mercenary (войник)
    * * *
    1. hired 2. НАЕМЕН войник mercenary 3. НАЕМЕН писач penny-a-liner 4. НАЕМЕН работник a hired labourer/worker;hand 5. НАЕМЕН срок lease 6. НАЕМЕН труд wage labour, (непосилен) wage slavery 7. НАЕМЕН убиец a hired assassin, bravo 8. ист. freelance 9. наемна армия an army of mercenaries, mercenary troops

    Български-английски речник > наемен

  • 3 ξενοτροφεί

    ξενοτροφέω
    maintain mercenary troops: pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)
    ξενοτροφέω
    maintain mercenary troops: pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic)

    Morphologia Graeca > ξενοτροφεί

  • 4 ξενοτροφεῖ

    ξενοτροφέω
    maintain mercenary troops: pres ind mp 2nd sg (attic epic doric ionic)
    ξενοτροφέω
    maintain mercenary troops: pres ind act 3rd sg (attic epic doric ionic)

    Morphologia Graeca > ξενοτροφεῖ

  • 5 capitano

    m captain
    * * *
    capitano s.m.
    1 captain; leader, head: capitano d'industria, captain of industry (o business leader); ha la stoffa di un grande capitano, he's got the stuff that great leaders are made of
    2 ( condottiero) commander, captain, leader: capitano di ventura, commander of a group of mercenaries
    3 (mil., mar.) captain; (aer. GB) Flight Lieutenant: nel nostro esercito il capitano comanda una compagnia, in our army a captain commands a company; passare capitano, ( nell'esercito) to be promoted captain
    4 (mar. mercantile) captain: capitano di lungo corso, sea captain; capitano di cabotaggio, master; capitano in seconda, secondo, mate
    5 (sport) captain, leader: capitano di una squadra, team captain.
    * * *
    [kapi'tano]
    sostantivo maschile mil. sport captain

    capitano di ventura — stor. = a commander of mercenary troops

    * * *
    capitano
    /kapi'tano/ ⇒ 12
    sostantivo m.
    mil. sport captain
    \
    capitano di corvetta lieutenant commander; capitano di fregata commander; capitano d'industria captain of industry; capitano di lungo corso master mariner; capitano di porto harbour master; capitano in seconda ship's mate; capitano di vascello naval captain; capitano di ventura stor. = a commander of mercenary troops.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > capitano

  • 6 ventura

    ventura s.f.
    1 chance; fortune, luck: buona, mala ventura, good, ill luck; per buona, mala ventura, luckily, unluckily; compagno di ventura, fellow traveller; andare alla ventura, to take one's chance
    2 (st.): capitano di ventura, captain of fortune (o of mercenary troops); compagnie di ventura, mercenary troops; soldato di ventura, soldier of fortune.
    * * *
    [ven'tura]
    sostantivo femminile lett. (buona sorte) fortune, luck, chance

    soldato di ventura — stor. soldier of fortune

    * * *
    ventura
    /ven'tura/
    sostantivo f.
    lett. (buona sorte) fortune, luck, chance; andare alla ventura to trust to luck; soldato di ventura stor. soldier of fortune.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > ventura

  • 7 conduco

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conduco

  • 8 conducti

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conducti

  • 9 conductum

    con-dūco, xi, ctum, 3, v. a. and n.
    I.
    Act., to draw, bring, or lead together, to assemble, collect (class. in prose and poetry).
    A.
    In gen.
    1.
    Of persons (esp. freq. of the collecting, assembling of troops in any place): milites de castellis ad castra, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 514, 7:

    populum in forum,

    Varr. ib. p. 274, 20:

    exercitum in unum locum,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 2:

    eo copias omnes,

    id. B. C. 3, 13 fin.:

    copias suas,

    id. B. G. 6, 31 init.; cf.

    auxilia,

    Liv. 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8:

    dispersas suorum copias,

    Tac. H. 4, 71:

    virgines unum in locum,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 3:

    omnis clientes suos eodem,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 4:

    milites in unum,

    Sall. J. 51, 3; cf. Tac. A. 4, 47.—
    2.
    Of inanimate objects:

    vineas,

    Cic. Phil. 8, 6, 17:

    nubila,

    Ov. M. 1, 572 al. —
    B.
    Esp.,
    1.
    Intens., to connect, unite, by bringing together, = cogo, colligo.
    a.
    Prop. (so several times in Lucr., elsewhere rare):

    partes in unum,

    Lucr. 1, 398; 3, 533; cf. id. 1, 651; 6, 968; Vitr. 8, 1 fin.:

    cortice ramos,

    Ov. M. 4, 375:

    lac,

    to coagulate, curdle, Col. 7, 8, 1:

    conducere musculum aut laxare,

    to contract, Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1, n. 8:

    ubi sunt nervi, interiores conducunt membra,

    Plin. 11, 37, 88, § 218:

    vulnera cerā,

    to close up, Val. Fl. 1, 479 al. —
    b.
    Trop.:

    propositionem et assumptionem in unum,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 40, 73; cf. Quint. 5, 14, 9:

    omnia probra in deorum maledicta,

    Arn. 4, p. 146:

    dies adeo conductus,

    i. e. short, Sol. 22.—
    2.
    T. t. of the lang. of business, to hire, take on lease, to farm (correlative of locare; cf. Dig. 19, 2, 1; very freq. and class.).
    a.
    To hire for one's use, to hire, rent, employ; of things:

    aedes aliquas mihi,

    Plaut. Merc. 3, 2, 17; Suet. Tib. 35; cf.: domum in Palatio, [p. 410] Cic. Cael. 7, 18; id. Q. Fr. 2, 3, 7:

    hortum,

    id. Fam. 16, 18, 2:

    qui colonus habuit conductum de Caesenniā fundum,

    id. Caecin. 32, 94:

    habitationem in annum,

    Dig. 19, 2, 19:

    ad certum tempus,

    ib. 19, 2, 14:

    insulam,

    ib. 19, 2, 30:

    conduxi domum a te,

    Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 2:

    nummos,

    to borrow, Hor. S. 1, 2, 9; cf.

    pecuniam,

    Juv. 11, 46.—Esp., of persons:

    ille qui me conduxit, ubi conduxit, abduxit domum,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 11:

    cocum,

    id. Ps. 3, 2, 10 and 15; id. Aul. 2, 4, 1:

    fidicinam, quae cantaret sibi,

    id. Ep. 2, 3, 10:

    meretricem,

    id. Bacch. 5, 1, 11; cf. id. Am. 1, 1, 131; Nep. praef. § 4; and poet.:

    torum,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 44:

    consulem vestrum ad caedem faciendam,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 4, 9:

    praeceptores publice,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 13, 6:

    choragum,

    Suet. Aug. 70:

    homines,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 1; so, militem (the Gr. xenologein), to hire soldiers, Curt. 3, 1, 1; 3, 9, 2 al.; cf. the foll. subst. —With ut or quin: aliquem uti taceat, to hire, bribe, employ, Cato ap. Gell. 1, 15, 10; cf.:

    tribus non conduci possim libertatibus, quin, etc.,

    could not be hired, Plaut. Cas. 2, 8, 68; cf. Lucil. ap. Non. p. 274, 21:

    mercede aliquem,

    Cic. Off. 2, 6, 22:

    mercede diurnā conductus,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 18:

    pictorem magno pretio,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 1, 1.— Subst.
    (α).
    conducti, ōrum, m., hirelings, mercenary soldiers, Hor. A. P. 431; Nep. Dat. 8, 2; cf. Liv. 30, 7, 10; 30, 21, 3; 23, 13, 8 al.—Hence, poet.:

    bella conducta,

    carried on by mercenary troops, Sil. 5, 196. —
    (β).
    conductum, i, n., any thing hired, esp. a house, dwelling, etc., Cic. Clu. 62, 175; Sen. Ben. 7, 5, 3; Petr. 9, 4; Dig. 9, 3, 1; cf.:

    locati conducti,

    ib. 19, 2 tit.: actio ex conducto, an action upon a lease or contract, ib. 19, 2, 19, §§ 4 and 8 al.—
    b.
    To undertake any service (building, transportation, the customs, etc.), to contract for, farm:

    caedundum illum (agnum) ego conduxi,

    Plaut. Aul. 3, 6, 31; cf.:

    caedundos agnos,

    id. Capt. 4, 2, 39:

    redemptor, qui columnam illam de Cottā conduxerat faciendam,

    Cic. Div. 2, 21, 47:

    locare faciendum quod ego conduxeram,

    Dig. 19, 2, 48; so,

    mulierem vehendam nave,

    ib. 19, 2, 19:

    aliquem docendum,

    ib. 19, 2, 13, § 3; 13, 6, 19:

    praebenda, quae ad exercitum opus essent,

    to undertake the supplies, Liv. 23, 48, 11:

    vectigalia,

    to farm, Cic. Att. 1, 17, 9; Liv. 43, 16, 2:

    tabulas in Italiam portandas,

    Vell. 1, 13, 4; so,

    portorium,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 47 al. —
    II.
    Neutr., to contribute to something by being useful, to be of use or profitable, to profit, serve, etc. (syn.: convenit, utile est; class.; used only in the 3 d pers. of the sing. and plur.); constr. with in, ad aliquid, the dat., or absol.
    (α).
    With in:

    quod tuam in rem bene conducat,

    Plaut. Cist. 3, 4; so, maxime in rempublicam, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 274, 29:

    in commune,

    Tac. A. 2, 38.—
    (β).
    With ad:

    ad ventris victum,

    Plaut. Capt. 4, 3, 6:

    ad vitae commoditatem,

    Cic. Off. 1, 3, 9.—
    (γ).
    With dat. (so most freq.):

    huic aetati non conducit latebrosus locus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 1, 1, 22:

    maxime rei publicae,

    Cic. Prov. Cons. 1, 1; id. Off. 3, 27, 101:

    neque homini infanti injuste facta conducunt,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 52; Col. 9, 1, 3:

    omnibus,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 32, 49:

    tuae laudi,

    id. Fam. 13, 48:

    nostris rationibus,

    id. Att. 1, 1, 2:

    maxime sibi,

    Quint. 11, 1, 12:

    alvo citae (vinum),

    Plin. 23, 1, 23, § 41:

    proposito,

    Hor. A. P. 195 et saep.:

    imbres non conducunt vitibus,

    Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 14.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    dubitare non possumus. quin ea maxime conducant, quae sunt rectissima,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 19, 2:

    conducere arbitror talibus auris tuas vocibus undique circumsonare,

    id. Off. 3, 2, 5.—Hence, P. a. as subst.; v. I. C. 2. b fin. supra.— Adv.: condūcenter, becomingly, fitly, Gell. 16, 12, 4.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > conductum

  • 10 milizia

    f militia
    * * *
    milizia s.f.
    1 (professione delle armi) military life: abbandonare la milizia, to leave military life (o the Army); darsi alla milizia, to join (o to enter) the Army; esercitare la milizia, to serve in the Army (o to soldier)
    2 (esercito) Army; troops (pl.): milizie mercenarie, mercenary troops; milizie regolari, Regular (o Standing) Army; milizia territoriale, Territorial Army; milizie volontarie, voluntary troops // la milizia celeste, the Heavenly Host // la milizia di Dio, the Army of the Lord
    3 (fig.) (attività) service: una lunga milizia in un partito, a long service in a party.
    * * *
    [mi'littsja]
    sostantivo femminile (corpo armato) militia*
    * * *
    milizia
    /mi'littsja/
    sostantivo f.
    (corpo armato) militia*.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > milizia

  • 11 capitano di ventura

    * * *
    capitano di ventura
    stor. = a commander of mercenary troops.
    \
    →  capitano

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > capitano di ventura

  • 12 soldataglia

    soldataglia s.f. soldiery; ( truppe mercenarie) mercenary troops (pl.), mercenaries (pl.).
    * * *
    [solda'taʎʎa]
    soldatesca pl. - sche [solda'teska, ske] sostantivo femminile spreg. undisciplined troops pl.

    Dizionario Italiano-Inglese > soldataglia

  • 13 εξενοτρόφει

    ξενοτροφέω
    maintain mercenary troops: imperf ind act 3rd sg (attic epic)

    Morphologia Graeca > εξενοτρόφει

  • 14 ἐξενοτρόφει

    ξενοτροφέω
    maintain mercenary troops: imperf ind act 3rd sg (attic epic)

    Morphologia Graeca > ἐξενοτρόφει

  • 15 ξεναγοίς

    ξενᾱγοῖς, ξεναγέω
    to be a leader of mercenaries: pres opt act 2nd sg (attic epic doric)
    ξενᾱγοῖς, ξεναγός
    commander of mercenary troops: masc dat pl

    Morphologia Graeca > ξεναγοίς

  • 16 ξεναγοῖς

    ξενᾱγοῖς, ξεναγέω
    to be a leader of mercenaries: pres opt act 2nd sg (attic epic doric)
    ξενᾱγοῖς, ξεναγός
    commander of mercenary troops: masc dat pl

    Morphologia Graeca > ξεναγοῖς

  • 17 ξεναγού

    ξενᾱγοῦ, ξεναγέω
    to be a leader of mercenaries: pres imperat mp 2nd sg (attic)
    ξενᾱγοῦ, ξεναγέω
    to be a leader of mercenaries: imperf ind mp 2nd sg (attic)
    ξενᾱγοῦ, ξεναγός
    commander of mercenary troops: masc gen sg

    Morphologia Graeca > ξεναγού

  • 18 ξεναγοῦ

    ξενᾱγοῦ, ξεναγέω
    to be a leader of mercenaries: pres imperat mp 2nd sg (attic)
    ξενᾱγοῦ, ξεναγέω
    to be a leader of mercenaries: imperf ind mp 2nd sg (attic)
    ξενᾱγοῦ, ξεναγός
    commander of mercenary troops: masc gen sg

    Morphologia Graeca > ξεναγοῦ

  • 19 ξεναγοί

    ξενᾱγοί, ξεναγός
    commander of mercenary troops: masc nom /voc pl

    Morphologia Graeca > ξεναγοί

  • 20 ξεναγούς

    ξενᾱγούς, ξεναγός
    commander of mercenary troops: masc acc pl

    Morphologia Graeca > ξεναγούς

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