Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Frankish *darōþu (throwing spear, arrow).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

dardus m (genitive dardī); second declension[1][2][3]

  1. (Medieval Latin) spear

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dardus dardī
Genitive dardī dardōrum
Dative dardō dardīs
Accusative dardum dardōs
Ablative dardō dardīs
Vocative darde dardī

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Blaise, Albert (1975) “dardus”, in Dictionnaire latin-français des auteurs du moyen-âge: lexicon latinitatis medii aevi (Corpus christianorum) (overall work in Latin and French), Turnhout: Brepols, page 278
  2. ^ Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “dardus”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 301
  3. ^ dardus 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)