phalerae

English

Noun

phalerae

1. plural of phalera

Latin

mīles cum septem phalerīs (soldier with seven phalerae)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαρα (phálara), plural of φάλαρον (phálaron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.le.rae̯/, [ˈpʰäɫ̪ɛräe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfa.le.re/, [ˈfäːlere]

Noun

phalerae f pl (genitive phalerārum); first declension, plurale tantum

1. a metal disc or boss, especially worn as a military ornament on the breast
2. a trapping for the forehead and breast of horses

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	phalerae
Genitive	phalerārum
Dative	phalerīs
Accusative	phalerās
Ablative	phalerīs
Vocative	phalerae

Related terms

• phalerō

Descendants

• → English: phalera

References

• “phalerae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “phalerae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• phalerae 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)
• phalerae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “phalerae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “phalerae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin