glavus

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Latin

Etymology

From a crossing of Latin gladius (sword) and either clāva (club) or Proto-Celtic *kladiwos, although von Wartburg finds the latter possibility unlikely. Attested between the third and the sixth centuries CE.

Noun

glā̆vus m (genitive glā̆vī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. a sort of weapon

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative glā̆vus glā̆vī
genitive glā̆vī glā̆vōrum
dative glā̆vō glā̆vīs
accusative glā̆vum glā̆vōs
ablative glā̆vō glā̆vīs
vocative glā̆ve glā̆vī

Descendants

  • Old French: glaive (see there for further descendants)
  • Old Occitan: glavi

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