framea
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
framea f (plural framee)
- javelin as used by the Germani
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
In Germania, Tacitus says that this word was the Germans' own name for their spears. As such, we can assume the word is from Proto-Germanic. However, the specific reconstruction is uncertain; the most accepted one being *framjō (“lance, spear, javelin”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”) (see Frank). Another possible relative might be the poetic Old Norse þremjar (“swords”), in which case the Proto-Germanic ancestor term would start with þr-, not fr-. Another possibility is from Proto-Germanic *hramjō (“pole, perch”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hramō (“frame”).
Noun edit
framea f (genitive frameae); first declension
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | framea | frameae |
| Genitive | frameae | frameārum |
| Dative | frameae | frameīs |
| Accusative | frameam | frameās |
| Ablative | frameā | frameīs |
| Vocative | framea | frameae |
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “framea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “framea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- framea 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)
- framea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “framea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “framea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin