spatha
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English
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Doublet of spade, spathe, and epee.
Noun
spatha (plural spathas or spathae)
- A type of straight sword originating from the 1st-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by cavalry officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.
Related terms
References
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
spatha
Declension
Inflection of spatha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | spatha | spathat | ||
genitive | spathan | spathojen | ||
partitive | spathaa | spathoja | ||
illative | spathaan | spathoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | spatha | spathat | ||
accusative | nom. | spatha | spathat | |
gen. | spathan | |||
genitive | spathan | spathojen spathain rare | ||
partitive | spathaa | spathoja | ||
inessive | spathassa | spathoissa | ||
elative | spathasta | spathoista | ||
illative | spathaan | spathoihin | ||
adessive | spathalla | spathoilla | ||
ablative | spathalta | spathoilta | ||
allative | spathalle | spathoille | ||
essive | spathana | spathoina | ||
translative | spathaksi | spathoiksi | ||
abessive | spathatta | spathoitta | ||
instructive | — | spathoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
- (spathe): puikelon suojuslehti
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈspa.tʰa/, [ˈs̠pät̪ʰä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.ta/, [ˈspäːt̪ä]
Noun
spatha f (genitive spathae); first declension
- spatula, spattle
- spatha; a long, two-edged, straight sword, 75cm to 1m, typically carried by Roman cavalry officers
- batten; broad piece of wood used in weaving to compress the woof threads
- the spathe of a palm tree
- a kind of tree
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | spatha | spathae |
Genitive | spathae | spathārum |
Dative | spathae | spathīs |
Accusative | spatham | spathās |
Ablative | spathā | spathīs |
Vocative | spatha | spathae |
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- North-Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Later borrowings:
See also
References
- “spatha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spatha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spatha 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)
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