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exercitus

Pronunciation: [ɛkˈsɛr.kɪ.tʊs]

“exercitus” is a Latin word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. exercise
  2. trouble, affliction
  3. an exercised, disciplined body of men, an army
  4. the assembly of the people in the Comitia Centuriata, as being a military organization
  5. a multitude, host, swarm, flock
  6. a troop, body of attendants

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of exerceō (“to occupy oneself, oversee; work at, practice, exercise”), from ex- (“out of”) + arceō (“to ward off, protect, guard”), from Proto-Italic *arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂orké-ye-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erk- (“to protect, guard”).

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