Translingual

Ensis ensis

Proper noun

Ensis m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pharidae – certain clams, including some of those call razor clams.

Hypernyms

• (genus):

Hyponyms

• (genus): Ensis californicus, Ensis directus (Atlantic jackknife clam), Ensis ensis, Ensis goreensis, Ensis macha, Ensis magnus (formerly Ensis arcuatus, Ensis megistus, Ensis minor, Ensis myrae, Ensis nitidus, Ensis siliqua (pod razor), Ensis terranovensis, Ensis tropicalis - accepted species

Latin

Noun

ēnsis m ‎(genitive ēnsis); third declension

1. sword

   Ensem lateri accommodare.

   To adjust his sword by his side.

   Petere aliquem ense.

   To attack someone with a sword.

2. (figuratively) war

   lateque vagatur ensis

3. (figuratively) defender

   Marcello Romanorum ensi

4. (figuratively) royal sway
5. The constellation Orion.

Inflection

Third declension, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Derived terms

• ēnsifer
• ēnsiculus

Descendants

• Translingual: Ensis

References

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