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hastatus.

spearman; soldier in unit in front of Roman battle-formation; its centurion;

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[hasˈtaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[asˈtaː.tus]

  1. armed with a spear

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  2. hastate

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin hasta Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin hastātus From hasta (“spear”) + -ātus.

noun[hasˈtaː.tʊs]Classical-Latin[asˈtaː.tus]

  1. a maniple, company of the hastātī

    declension-2 · mainly
    Primus hastātus

  2. (mainly with primus, secundus,..., from the ellipsis of "centuriō ōrdinis (prīimī, secundī,...) hastātī" ("officer of the (first, second,...) hastātus")) a captain of an hastātus

    declension-2
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Latin hasta Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātus Latin hastātus From hasta (“spear”) + -ātus.

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