falcata
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.
Noun edit
falcata (plural falcatas)
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Etymology edit
From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.
Pronunciation edit
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falcata f (plural falcata's)
- (historical) A falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword.
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Etymology edit
From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
falcata f (plural falcatas)
- (historical) A falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword.
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falcata f (plural falcate)
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falcata
Latin edit
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falcāta
- inflection of falcātus:
Adjective edit
falcātā
References edit
- falcata 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)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Coined in 1872 by Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧ta
Noun edit
falcata f (plural falcatas)
- falcata (ancient Iberian sword)
- 1997, Rainer Daehnhardt, Homens, Espadas e Tomates, Publicações Quipu, page 255:
- A pega em forma de cabeça de cavalo é uma reminiscência da falcata lusitana, por sua vez descendente do tipo de arma indo-europeia.
- The hilt shaped as a horse's head is reminiscent of the Lusitanian falcata, which is in turn descendant of the Indo-European type of weapon.
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Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Coined in 1872 by the Spanish historian and archaeologist Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
falcata f (plural falcatas)
- falcata
- 2003, Laura Alcalá-Zamora, “La necrópolis ibérica de Pozo Moro”, in Bibliotheca Archaeologica Hispana, page 123:
- Las falcatas de Pozo Moro se encuentran muy deterioradas, lo que impide, en muchos casos, la determinación de sus dimensiones básicas.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading edit
- “falcata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014