phalerae

English

Noun

phalerae

  1. plural of phalera

Latin

mīles cum septem phalerīs (soldier with seven phalerae)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φάλαρα (phálara), plural of φάλαρον (phálaron).

Pronunciation

Noun

phalerae f (genitive phalerārum); first declension, plurale tantum

  1. a metal disc or boss, especially worn as a military ornament on the breast
  2. a trapping for the forehead and breast of horses

Inflection

First declension.

Case Plural
nominative phalerae
genitive phalerārum
dative phalerīs
accusative phalerās
ablative phalerīs
vocative phalerae
  • phalerō

Descendants

References

  • phalerae in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • phalerae in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • phalerae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • phalerae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • phalerae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • phalerae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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