marine (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mīles nauticus, Tac. Agr. 252. ĕpĭbăta, ae (Gr. ἐπιβάτης but only in pl.) • marine (subs.): i. e. a soldier who fights on ship-board: 1. mīles nauticus, Tac. Agr. 25: also miles classicus, Liv. 21, 61, init.: for which simply miles, Liv. 21, 50 (opp. to socii navaels, the working crews, rowers, etc.): also, Vitr. 2, 8, 14, sqq. Also pl. classici, orum, marines (without subs.), Tac. H. 1, 36. 2. ĕpĭbăta, ae (Gr. ἐπιβάτης but only in pl.): ships swept clear of all their m.s., naves omnibus e. nudatae, Auct. B. Alex. 11. (N.B.--Socii navales denotes the crew, v. supr.; also classiarii, Auct. B. Alex. 12 and 20: both which passages show that the latter were not properly fighting-men.)