gladiate

English

Etymology 1

From Latin gladius (“sword”).

Adjective

gladiate (comparative more gladiate, superlative most gladiate)

(botany) Sword-shaped.
The leaves of the iris and gladiolus are gladiate.

Translations

(botany) sword-shaped

Bulgarian: мечовиден (mečoviden)

Etymology 2

Back-formation from gladiator.

Verb

gladiate (third-person singular simple present gladiates, present participle gladiating, simple past and past participle gladiated)

To fight as a gladiator, to digladiate.
- 2013, Lorde, Glory and Gore, Pure Heroine:
  You could try and take us (oh, oh),
  but we're the gladiators (oh, oh)
  […]
  We gladiate, but I guess we're really fighting ourselves […]