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Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 765.gladius on page 765
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gladius sword
gladius is a Latin Noun that primarily means sword.
Definitions for gladius
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
sword
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A sword. (b) (in fig. phrs.).
- 2
(transf.) The use of the sword in warfare; the gladiatorial profession; death by the sword; a person using a sword, armed man. (b) ius (potestas) ~ii, the right to try and punish capital crimes, delegated by the emperor to individual provincial governors.
- 3
A swordfish.
Sentences with gladius
Latin to English
Gladio abdito, Mucius profectus est.Compare Mucius hid his sword and set out.
Si ille gladium portabit, ego scutum portabo.Compare If he carries the sword, I shall carry the shield.
Contemno Catilina gladius, non pertimesco tuus.Compare I despised the swords of Catiline, I will not fear yours.
Gladius destringo.Compare They draw their swords.
Imbuo sanguis gladius exercitus noster.Compare The swords of our armies were made wet with blood.
Declension table for gladius
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | gladius | gladiī |
| Gen. | gladiī | gladiōrum |
| Dat. | gladiō | gladiīs |
| Acc. | gladium | gladiōs |
| Voc. | gladie | gladiī |
| Abl. | gladiō | gladiīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 477.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 765.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 125.
Bibliography
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Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "gladius, gladiī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 27, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/gladius-gladii.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 477.on page 477
