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gladius.

A Roman sword roughly two feet long.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɡlæd.i.əs/
  1. A Roman sword roughly two feet long.

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

Where this word comes from

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

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