phalerae

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English

Noun

phalerae

  1. plural of phalera

Latin

mīles cum septem phalerīs (soldier with seven phalerae)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαρα (phálara), plural of φάλαρον (phálaron).

Pronunciation

Noun

phalerae f pl (genitive phalerārum); first declension, plurale tantum

  1. a metal disc or boss, especially worn as a military ornament on the breast
  2. a trapping for the forehead and breast of horses

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

plural
nominative phalerae
genitive phalerārum
dative phalerīs
accusative phalerās
ablative phalerīs
vocative phalerae

Descendants

  • English: phalera

References

  • phalerae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • phalerae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • phalerae 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)
  • phalerae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • phalerae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • phalerae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin