ensis

Significat

Conceptes

Sinònims

Traduccions

Notes

Extra tools

(Anglès)

(declension-3, poetic) sword
(declension-3, figuratively) war
(declension-3, figuratively) defender
(declension-3, figuratively) royal sway
(declension-3, metonymically) the constellation Orion

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

[ˈẽː.sɪs]

From Proto-Italic *ensis (“sword”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ensi- (“sword, large knife”) (De Vaan, 2008). According to De Vaan, all alleged Indo-European cognates are uncertain: Ancient Greek ἄορ (áor, “(hanger for a) sword”), Sanskrit असि (así, “sword”), Palaic 𒄩𒅆𒄿𒊏 (ḫa-ši-i-ra /⁠hasīra⁠/, “dagger”).