gladius

n. 古罗马军队的短剑

发音

/ˈɡlæd.i.əs/

词形变化

gladii gladiuses 复数 gladiuses gladii 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A Roman sword roughly two feet long.

    历史
  2. 2.

    A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material.

    生物 动物学

词源

From Latin gladius (“Roman short sword, gladius”). Doublet of glaive.

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