spatha
English
Etymology
From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Doublet of spade, spathe, and epee.
Noun
spatha (plural spathas or spathae)
- A type of straight sword originating from the 1st-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by cavalry officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.
Related terms
- spathe
- spade
- spatula
References
http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html
Anagrams
- Thapas
Finnish
Etymology
< Latin
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈspɑthɑ/, [ˈs̠pɑt̪hɑ]
- Rhymes: -ɑthɑ
- Syllabification(key): spat‧ha
Noun
spatha
- spatha (sword)
- (botany) spathe (large bract that envelops a spadix)
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 | |
| Possessive forms of spatha (type kala) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | spathani | spathamme |
| 2nd person | spathasi | spathanne |
| 3rd person | spathansa | |
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/, [ˈs̠pät̪ʰä]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈspa.ta/, [ˈspäːt̪ä]
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
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | spatha | spathae |
| Genitive | spathae | spathārum |
| Dative | spathae | spathīs |
| Accusative | spatham | spathās |
| Ablative | spathā | spathīs |
| Vocative | spatha | spathae |
Coordinate terms
- (sword): ēnsis, gladius, mūcrō
Derived terms
- spatula, spathula
- spatulātus, spathulātus
Descendants
- Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: spatã
- Istro-Romanian: spåte
- Megleno-Romanian: spată
- Romanian: spată, spate
- Dalmatian:
- sputa
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: spada
- → Polish: szpada, szpaga
- → Russian: шпага (špaga)
- → Polish: szpada, szpaga
- Sicilian: spata
- Italian: spada
- North-Italian:
- Gallo-Italic:
- Ligurian: spâ
- Piedmontese: spa
- Friulian: spade
- Istriot: spada
- Romansch: spada, speda
- Venetian: spada
- → Serbo-Croatian: špȃda
- Gallo-Italic:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: èpèye, èpèya, èpèa, èpê
- Old French: espee, spede; espethe
- Middle French: espee
- French: épée
- → English: epee
- French: épée
- Middle French: espee
- Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: espasa
- Old Occitan: espaza, espada
- Occitan: espasa, espada
- Ibero-Romance:
- Asturian: espada
- Mirandese: spada
- Old Portuguese: espada
- Galician: espada
- Portuguese: espada
- Old Spanish: espada
- Spanish: espada
- → Cebuano: espada
- → Karao: ispada
- → Tagalog: espada
- Spanish: espada
- Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: ispada, spada
- Ancient borrowings:
- → Albanian: shpatë
- → Basque: ezpata
- Later borrowings:
- → English: spatha, spathe
- → Italian: spata
See also
- gladius
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)