mercenary (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. conductus mīles2. mercēnārius mīles • mercenary (subs.): 1. conductus mīles: 3000 Grecian m.s, ex Graecia conductorum tria millia, Nep. Dat. 8: so, Graeci pedites mercede conducti, Curt. 3, 9, init. Also, conducticius exercitus, mercenaries (collectively), Nep. Iph. 2. 2. mercēnārius mīles: Liv. 24, 49, extr.: in pl. perh. mercenarii (without subs.): Freinsh. Curt. 2, 5: cf. Liv. 30, 8, fin., mercenariis armis oppugnare. (N.B.--In good authors, mercenarius, without subs. = a hired servant: opp. to an actual slave.)