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Latin
Etymology
Ultimately from Celtic or Celtiberian, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”). Compare with Ancient Greek λόγχη (lónkhē). See also plācō, plāgō, plangō and plēctō.
Pronunciation
Noun
lancea f (genitive lanceae); first declension
- The Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light spear or lance.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “lancea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lancea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "lancea", 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)
- lancea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “lancea”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “lancea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 832
- Carr, Thomas Swinburne (1836). A manual of Roman antiquities, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 232 note.
- Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 12-12-08)
Spanish
Verb
lancea
- inflection of lancear:
- third-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative