English

Noun

phalerae

1. plural of phalera

Latin

mīles cum septem phalerīs (soldier with seven phalerae)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαρα ‎(phálara), plural of φάλαρον ‎(phálaron).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰa.le.rɛː/

Noun

phalerae f ‎(genitive phalerārum); first declension, plurale tantum

1. a metal disc or boss, especially worn as a military ornament on the breast
2. a trapping for the forehead and breast of horses

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• phalerō

Descendants

• English: phalera

References

• phalerae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• phalerae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• PHALERAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “phalerae”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• phalerae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• phalerae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin