lancea

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Latin

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Celtic or Celtiberian, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (to hit). Compare with Ancient Greek λόγχη (lónkhē). See also plācō, plāgō, plangō and plēctō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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lancea f (genitive lanceae); first declension

  1. The Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light spear or lance.

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative lancea lanceae
Genitive lanceae lanceārum
Dative lanceae lanceīs
Accusative lanceam lanceās
Ablative lanceā lanceīs
Vocative lancea lanceae

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Descendants

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References

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  • lancea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lancea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lancea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • lancea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • lancea”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
  • lancea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 832
  • Carr, Thomas Swinburne (1836). A manual of Roman antiquities, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 232 note.[2]
  • Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 12-12-08)[3]

Spanish

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Verb

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lancea

  1. inflection of lancear:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative