machaera

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάχαιρα (mákhaira).

Noun

machaera f (genitive machaerae); first declension

  1. sword (single edged, Arab or Persian)

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative machaera machaerae
genitive machaerae machaerārum
dative machaerae machaerīs
accusative machaeram machaerās
ablative machaerā machaerīs
vocative machaera machaerae

References

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