Latin edit

Etymology edit

From gladiātor +‎ -tūra. For the formation, compare praetor and praetūra.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

gladiātūra f (genitive gladiātūrae); first declension

  1. a fight of gladiators
  2. the life of a gladiator; the profession of a gladiator

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gladiātūra gladiātūrae
Genitive gladiātūrae gladiātūrārum
Dative gladiātūrae gladiātūrīs
Accusative gladiātūram gladiātūrās
Ablative gladiātūrā gladiātūrīs
Vocative gladiātūra gladiātūrae

References edit

  • gladiatura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • gladiatura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Sicilian edit

Noun edit

gladiatura

  1. plural of gladiaturi