English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin framea.

Noun

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framea (plural frameas)

  1. A type of javelin as used by the Germani

Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin framea.

Noun

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framea f (plural framee)

  1. javelin as used by the Germani

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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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

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framea f (genitive frameae); first declension

  1. spear, javelin as used by the Germani
  2. sword

Declension

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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

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  • English: framea (learned)
  • French: framée (learned)
  • Italian: framea (learned)

Further reading

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  • 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