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gladius
- /ˈɡlæd.i.əs/
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From Latin gladius (“Roman short sword, gladius”). Doublet of glaive.
noun gladiuses · gladii
- A Roman sword roughly two feet long. Finally, the Romans made the gladius—sharp, of highly-tempered steel, and strongly piercing—the first real sword (Figs. 17, 18, 19), of which only five specimens are now known to exist.
- A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material. From the Cretaceous of North America fossilised gladii in the enigmatic genus Tusoteuthis have been estimated to give a mantle length (body size) of 1.8m, just less than that of the giant squid’s.
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noun Roman sword
| Português | gládio |
|---|---|
| العربية | غْلَادِيُوس ḡlādiyus |
noun zoology: internal skeleton of squid
| Português | gládio |
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Talk about this word "gladius." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/gladius. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. gladius. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/gladius "gladius." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/gladius.Cite this
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title = {gladius},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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