sarissa

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).

Noun

sarissa (plural sarissas or sarissae)

  1. A long pike used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation.

Anagrams


Finnish

Noun

sarissa

  1. Inessive singular form of sari.

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).

Noun

sarissa f (plural sarisse)

  1. a long pike used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation.

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa), alternative forms of σάρῑσα (sárīsa).

Noun

sarissa f (genitive sarissae); first declension

  1. A long pike used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation.

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sarissa sarissae
Genitive sarissae sarissārum
Dative sarissae sarissīs
Accusative sarissam sarissās
Ablative sarissā sarissīs
Vocative sarissa sarissae

References

  • sarissa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • sarissa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • sarissa in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • sarissa in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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