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Spatha
‖
Spa′tha
,Noun.
pl.
Spathae
(#)
. [L.]
(Bot.)
A spathe.
Definition 2025
spatha
spatha
English
Noun
spatha (plural spathas or spathae)
- A type of straight sword originating from the 1st-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by calvary officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.
Related terms
References
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html
Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Noun
spatha
Declension
| Inflection of spatha (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | spatha | spathat | |
| genitive | spathan | spathojen | |
| partitive | spathaa | spathoja | |
| illative | spathaan | spathoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | spatha | spathat | |
| accusative | nom. | spatha | spathat |
| gen. | spathan | ||
| genitive | spathan | spathojen spathainrare |
|
| partitive | spathaa | spathoja | |
| inessive | spathassa | spathoissa | |
| elative | spathasta | spathoista | |
| illative | spathaan | spathoihin | |
| adessive | spathalla | spathoilla | |
| ablative | spathalta | spathoilta | |
| allative | spathalle | spathoille | |
| essive | spathana | spathoina | |
| translative | spathaksi | spathoiksi | |
| instructive | — | spathoin | |
| abessive | spathatta | spathoitta | |
| comitative | — | spathoineen | |
Synonyms
- (spathe): puikelon suojuslehti
Latin
spatha (straight sword)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.tʰa/
Noun
spatha f (genitive spathae); first declension
- spatula, spattle
- spatha; a long, two-edged, straight sword, 75cm to 1m, typically carried by Roman cavalry officers
- batten; broad piece of wood used in weaving to compress the woof threads
- the spathe of a palm tree
- a kind of tree
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | spatha | spathae |
| genitive | spathae | spathārum |
| dative | spathae | spathīs |
| accusative | spatham | spathās |
| ablative | spathā | spathīs |
| vocative | spatha | spathae |
Derived terms
- spatula, spathula
- spatulātus, spathulātus
Coordinate terms
Descendants
See also
References
- spatha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- spatha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SPATHA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)