rhomphaea

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥομφαία (rhomphaía).

Noun

rhomphaea f (genitive rhomphaeae); first declension

  1. rhomphaia; a Thracian scythe-like spear-sword with a horizontal scythe-blade and not perpendicular to the hilt
  2. long spear; javelin

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative rhomphaea rhomphaeae
Genitive rhomphaeae rhomphaeārum
Dative rhomphaeae rhomphaeīs
Accusative rhomphaeam rhomphaeās
Ablative rhomphaeā rhomphaeīs
Vocative rhomphaea rhomphaeae

References

  • “rhomphaea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rhomphaea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • rhomphaea in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • “rhomphaea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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