phalerae
English
Noun
phalerae
- 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.rae̯/, [ˈpʰäɫ̪ɛräe̯]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfa.le.re/, [ˈfäːlere]
Noun
phalerae f pl (genitive phalerārum); first declension, plurale tantum
- a metal disc or boss, especially worn as a military ornament on the breast
- a trapping for the forehead and breast of horses
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | phalerae |
| Genitive | phalerārum |
| Dative | phalerīs |
| Accusative | phalerās |
| Ablative | phalerīs |
| Vocative | phalerae |
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- phalerae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, 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