falcata

From Spanish falcata, from Latin falcātus.

falcata (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.

• Calafat

From Spanish falcata, from Latin falcātus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɑlˈkaː.taː/
• Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧ta

falcata f (plural falcata's)

1. (historical) a falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword

From Spanish falcata, from Latin falcātus.

• IPA^(key): /fal.ka.ta/

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) A falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword.

• IPA^(key): /falˈka.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: fal‧cà‧ta

falcata f (plural falcate)

1. (athletics) stride (of a runner)

falcata

1. feminine singular of falcato

falcāta

1. inflection of falcātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

falcātā

1. ablative feminine singular of falcātus

• "falcata", 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)

From Spanish falcata, from Latin falcātus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

• Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧ta

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. falcata (ancient Iberian sword)
   • 1997, Rainer Daehnhardt, Homens, Espadas e Tomates, Publicações Quipu, page 255:

     A pega em forma de cabeça de cavalo é uma reminiscência da falcata lusitana, por sua vez descendente do tipo de arma indo-europeia.

     The hilt shaped as a horse's head is reminiscent of the Lusitanian falcata, which is in turn descendant of the Indo-European type of weapon.

• espada, gládio, foice

Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“sickle-shaped, falcate”). First attested in the adjective "sickle-shaped" sense in 1715, and in the noun sense in 1770. The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

• IPA^(key): /falˈkata/ [falˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: fal‧ca‧ta

falcata m or f (masculine and feminine plural falcatas)

1. (obsolete, of the Moon) sickle-shaped; falcate [early-18–19th c.]
2. (of a sword) wide, curved, pointed, and single-edged [from mid-18th c.]

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) a falcata [from mid-18th c.]
   • 1770, Rafael Rodríguez Mohedano, Pedro Rodríguez Mohedano, “Disertacion X. Sobre las armas de los antiguos Españoles”, in Historia literaria de España, volume III, Madrid: Francisco Xabier Garcia, pages 415-416:

     Finalmente se usaba tambien en España otra especie de espada que los Antiguos llamaban Falcata, porque era corva á manera de hoz. Sus filos no estaban por la parte de afuera, como los sables de hoy, sino por la parte de adentro.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2003, Laura Alcalá-Zamora, “La necrópolis ibérica de Pozo Moro”, in Bibliotheca Archaeologica Hispana, page 123:

     Las falcatas de Pozo Moro se encuentran muy deterioradas, lo que impide, en muchos casos, la determinación de sus dimensiones básicas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• → Dutch: falcata
• → English: falcata
• → French: falcata
• → Portuguese: falcata

• “falcata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• “falcata”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN