noun
Meaning 1
A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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Standard Lemma guide
gladius
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/ˈɡlæd.i.əs/
noun
Meaning 2
A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
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History
Etymology
From Latin gladius (“Roman short sword, gladius”). Doublet of glaive.
Across languages
Translations
11 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غْلَادِيُوس (ḡlādiyus) — Roman sword
- Dutch: gladius — Roman sword
- Finnish: gladius — Roman sword
- Latin: gladius — Roman sword
- Marathi: ग्लेडियस (gleḍiyas) — Roman sword
- Old English: sweord — Roman sword
- Polish: gladius — Roman sword
- Portuguese: gládio — Roman sword
- Finnish: selkäkilpi — zoology: internal skeleton of squid
- Polish: gladius — zoology: internal skeleton of squid
- Portuguese: gládio — zoology: internal skeleton of squid