What's the difference b/w these Latin words?

First off, preliator is not a valid word - must have been a typo for proeliator somewhere along the line. If you got it from an on line site, wouldn't surprise me if the site had it wrong. Next, it's just 'miles' as the word. Latin dictionaries will typically show both the nominative case (miles) and the genitive case (milites) of a noun. You want just the first word.

Bellator does mean 'warrior', and that's probaly closest to most uses of the English word. It means 'warrior' in the sense of someone who is capable of fighting in battle, but not a professional soldier.The Gauls who Caesar fought were that. It's also used figuratively - bellator cantharo = a warrior with the tankard = a fighting drunk.

Miles = a professional soldier; an infantryman; a member of a Legion. Miles nauticus = naval soldier = marine.

Pugnator = fighter.Used for those actually in combat - both bellator and miles. Also used for 'fighter' in senses outside warfare.

Proeliator is from later Latin and was not frequently used. It overlaps with bellator.

Best overall choice for 'warrior' is probably 'bellator' - both because its meaning seems closest to the English use and because both are formed from the word for 'war' - bellum in Latin.

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What's the difference b/w these Latin words?

I'll preface this by saying I never took latin and I'm not familiar at all with the language, so any help you can afford would be greatly appreciated. I've tried online dictionaries, but they all give me the same definition...

They all mean "Warrior" to some degree, but...

Proeliator : Warrior

Preliator : Fighter

Bellator : Soldier

Pugnator : Combatant

Miles Militis : Knight

"Miles" is just a common run-of-the-mill soldier--an infantryman, a private, according to Cassell's Latin Dictionary "Militis" is its genitive (possessive) case. Obviously, we get "military" from this root.

"Proeliator" comes from the word "proelium," meaning battle, and thus means a fighter or combatant. I suppose one could be a proeliator without actually being in the army; on the other hand, "miles" might include non-fighting military personnel like medics and cooks.

"Preliator" isn't in Cassell, and I suspect that it's just a variation of "proeliator." In late Latin, writers sometimes got confused about diphthongs (combinations of two vowels). Lewis and Short's Latin Dictionary, which is weightier and more comprehensive than Cassell's, does list "praeliator" as a variant of "proeliator."

"Pugnator" comes from "pugna," meaning a fight, which might or not be a battle in the military sense. The verb "pugnare" can mean to fight one-on-one as well as in battle. The noun "pugnus" means a fist, and the verb for box is "pugnis certare"--to contend with fists. So a pugnator could be a man who fights in any of several possible contexts.

"Bellator," which may look as if it had asomething to do with beauty, actually comes from the noun "bellum," meaning war, and the verb "bellare," to wage war. We get the adjectives "belligerent" and "bellicose" from this root. So a "bellator" is most definitely a warrior, not a prize-fighter or someone simply prone to get into fights. I have a feeling that both this word and "proeliator" are somewhat poetic variations on "miles." Incidentally, there's a word "bellatrix" that means a female warrior. (However, Draco Malfoy's aunt was more likely named for the star, since most members of that family were.)

Just for the record, there IS a Latin adjective "bellus" meaning beautiful, from which the Romance languages get their similar words, but in Latin the more common word for that concept is "pulcher."

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proeliator, oris m. =warrior.

bellator, oris m. =warrior

pugnator, oris m. =fighter , combatant

miles, itis, =soldier; private soldier , infantryman

Where did u get this preliator from? It's the same as proeliator.

well i take latin III this year so ill try to help you out

proeliater (from proelio- to battle) so battler

bellator (from bella- war) warrior or person of war

pugnator- (from pugno- to fight) fighter

miles militis means soldier