securis

Significat (Anglès)

an axe, hatchet with a broad edge

Sinònims

Pronunciat com a (IPA)
[sɛˈkuː.rɪs]
Etimologia (Anglès)

Related to secō (“cut”) and Proto-Slavic *sekyra (“axe”), from Proto-Indo-European *sek- (“to cut”). Compare also how in spite of the continuation of secūris in Spanish as segur one keeps from the verb a segadera with a similar meaning. See also English sickle.

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