machaera

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μάχαιρα (mákhaira).

Noun

machaera f (genitive machaerae); first declension

1. sword (single edged, Arab or Persian)

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	machaera	machaerae
Genitive	machaerae	machaerārum
Dative	machaerae	machaerīs
Accusative	machaeram	machaerās
Ablative	machaerā	machaerīs
Vocative	machaera	machaerae

References

• “machaera”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• machaera 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)
• machaera in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “machaera”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “machaera”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin