šestoper

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Serbo-Croatian

FWOTD – 10 July 2021
šestoper

Etymology

šȇst +‎ pèro, calque of Russian шестопёр (šestopjór).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃestǒper/
  • Hyphenation: šes‧to‧per

Noun

šestòper m (Cyrillic spelling шесто̀пер)

  1. (historical, military) A six-flanged mace.
    • 1843, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, “Put u Senj”, in Danica horvatska, slavonska i dalmatinska, number 9, number 46, page 182:
      U stara vrěmena, kako to Valvazor piše, bila je ista kapa kano i buzdohan ili šestoper znamenje plemenštine i junačtva.
      In old times, as Valvazor writes, that same cap, like the mace or six-flanger, was a symbol of nobility and heroism.
    • 1920, Tin Ujević, Odlazak:
      Malena mjesta srca moga,
      Spomenak Brača, Imotskoga,
      I bljesak slavna šestopera,
      I miris, miris kalopera.
      The small towns of my heart,
      Recollections of Brač, of Imotski,
      And the flash of a glorious six-flanged mace,
      And the smell, the smell of costmary.

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