falcata

From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

falcata (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) A sword in pre-Roman Iberia having a concave edge to the blade.

• Calafat

From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

• IPA^(key): /ˌfɑlˈkaː.taː/
• Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧ta

falcata f (plural falcata's)

1. (historical) A falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword.

From Spanish falcata, reportedly coined by Fernando Fulgosio modelled on Latin falcatus.

• IPA^(key): /fal.ka.ta/

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. (historical) A falcata; an Iberian single-edged curved sword.

• IPA^(key): /falˈka.ta/
• Rhymes: -ata
• Hyphenation: fal‧cà‧ta

falcata f (plural falcate)

1. (athletics) stride (of a runner)

falcata

1. feminine singular of falcato

falcāta

1. inflection of falcātus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

falcātā

1. ablative feminine singular of falcātus

• falcata in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Coined in 1872 by Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

• Hyphenation: fal‧ca‧ta

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. falcata (ancient Iberian sword)
   • 1997, Rainer Daehnhardt, Homens, Espadas e Tomates, Publicações Quipu, page 255:

     A pega em forma de cabeça de cavalo é uma reminiscência da falcata lusitana, por sua vez descendente do tipo de arma indo-europeia.

     The hilt shaped as a horse's head is reminiscent of the Lusitanian falcata, which is in turn descendant of the Indo-European type of weapon.

• espada, gládio, foice

Coined in 1872 by the Spanish historian and archaeologist Fernando Fulgosio, based on Latin falcatus (“sickle-shaped”). The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.

• IPA^(key): /falˈkata/ [falˈka.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ata
• Syllabification: fal‧ca‧ta

falcata f (plural falcatas)

1. falcata
   • 2003, Laura Alcalá-Zamora, “La necrópolis ibérica de Pozo Moro”, in Bibliotheca Archaeologica Hispana, page 123:

     Las falcatas de Pozo Moro se encuentran muy deterioradas, lo que impide, en muchos casos, la determinación de sus dimensiones básicas.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• “falcata”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014