gladius
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From the Latin gladius.
[edit] Noun
gladius
- (historical) A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
- 1882, "The Genesis of the Sword", Popular Science Monthly, Volume 21, page 81:
- Finally, the Romans made the gladius—sharp, of highly-tempered steel, and strongly piercing—the first real sword (Figs. 17, 18, 19), of which only five specimens are now known to exist.
- 2007, Pat Southern, The Roman Army: A Social and Institutional History, page 212:
- The gladius was effective either for cutting or for thrusting and was used by legionaries and auxiliaries.
- 1882, "The Genesis of the Sword", Popular Science Monthly, Volume 21, page 81:
- (zoology) pen, the internal skeleton of squid made of chitin-like material
[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
Of Celtic origin, probably from Cisalpine Gaulish *kladyos (“sword”), from Proto-Celtic *kladyos (“sword”), from Proto-Indo-European *kola-, *klā- (“to beat, break, kill”). Cognate with Old Irish claideb (“sword”), Welsh cleddyf (“sword”), Breton klezeñv (“sword”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
gladius (genitive gladiī); m, second declension
- sword
- Mitte gladium in vaginam.
- Put the sword into its sheath.
- In gladium incumbere.
- To fall on one's sword.
- Mitte gladium in vaginam.
- (figuratively) murder, death
- a gladiatorial contest
- swordfish
[edit] Inflection
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gladius | gladiī |
| genitive | gladiī | gladiōrum |
| dative | gladiō | gladiīs |
| accusative | gladium | gladiōs |
| ablative | gladiō | gladiīs |
| vocative | gladie | gladiī |
