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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγγᾰ (phálanga), the accusative singular form of φάλαγξ (phálanx). Compare phalanx.
Noun
phalanga f (genitive phalangae); first declension
- wooden roller (for moving ships or military engines)
- carrying pole
- alternative form of phalanx (“battalion”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- phalanga 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)
- “phalanga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “phalanga” in volume 10.1.2, column 1994, line 9 in the Thesaurus Linguae Latinae (TLL Open Access), Berlin (formerly Leipzig): De Gruyter (formerly Teubner), 1900–present