sarissa

Alternative forms

• sarisa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).

Noun

sarissa (plural sarissas or sarissae)

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

Anagrams

• Sassari, sarisas

Noun

sarissa

1. Inessive singular form of sari.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).

Noun

sarissa f (plural sarisse)

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

Alternative forms

• sarisa

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).

Noun

sarissa f (genitive sarissae); first declension

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

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