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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥομφαία (rhomphaía).
Noun
rhomphaea f (genitive rhomphaeae); first declension
- rhomphaia; a Thracian scythe-like spear-sword with a horizontal scythe-blade and not perpendicular to the hilt
- long spear; javelin
Declension
First-declension noun.
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