spatha
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Doublet of spade, spathe, and epee.
Noun edit
spatha (plural spathas or spathae)
- A type of straight sword originating from the 1st-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by cavalry officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.
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References edit
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html
Anagrams edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
< Latin
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
spatha
Declension edit
Inflection of spatha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | spatha | spathat | ||
genitive | spathan | spathojen | ||
partitive | spathaa | spathoja | ||
illative | spathaan | spathoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | spatha | spathat | ||
accusative | nom. | spatha | spathat | |
gen. | spathan | |||
genitive | spathan | spathojen spathainrare | ||
partitive | spathaa | spathoja | ||
inessive | spathassa | spathoissa | ||
elative | spathasta | spathoista | ||
illative | spathaan | spathoihin | ||
adessive | spathalla | spathoilla | ||
ablative | spathalta | spathoilta | ||
allative | spathalle | spathoille | ||
essive | spathana | spathoina | ||
translative | spathaksi | spathoiksi | ||
abessive | spathatta | spathoitta | ||
instructive | — | spathoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
- (spathe): puikelon suojuslehti
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.tʰa/, [ˈs̠pät̪ʰä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.ta/, [ˈspäːt̪ä]
Noun edit
spatha f (genitive spathae); first declension
- spatula, spattle
- spatha; a long, two-edged, straight sword, 75cm to 1m, typically carried by Roman cavalry officers
- batten; broad piece of wood used in weaving to compress the woof threads
- the spathe of a palm tree
- a kind of tree
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | spatha | spathae |
Genitive | spathae | spathārum |
Dative | spathae | spathīs |
Accusative | spatham | spathās |
Ablative | spathā | spathīs |
Vocative | spatha | spathae |
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- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
- Ancient borrowings:
- Later borrowings:
See also edit
References edit
- “spatha”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “spatha”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- spatha 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)