different between spathe vs spatha

English

Etymology

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “blade”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spe?ð/
• Rhymes: -e?ð

Noun

spathe (plural spathes)

1. (botany) A large bract that envelops or subtends a whole inflorescence, typically a spadix.

Translations

See also

• spadix

Anagrams

• Spaeth, apeths, pethas

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?). Doublet of épée, which was inherited.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spat/

Noun

spathe f (plural spathes)

1. (botany) spathe

Further reading

• “spathe” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”). Doublet of epee.

Noun

spatha (plural spathas or spathae)

1. A type of straight sword originating from the 1st-century Roman Empire. It was worn typically by calvary officers and is a long version of the left shaped gladius.

Related terms

• spathe
• spade
• spatula

References

http://www.romancoins.info/MilitaryEquipment-Attack.html

Anagrams

• Thapas

Finnish

Etymology

< Latin

Noun

spatha

1. spatha (sword)
2. (botany) spathe (large bract that envelops a spadix)

Declension

Synonyms

• (spathe): puikelon suojuslehti

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (spáth?, “any broad blade, of wood or metal”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?spa.t?a/, [?s?pät??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?spa.ta/, [?sp??t??]

Noun

spatha f (genitive spathae); first declension

1. spatula, spattle
2. spatha; a long, two-edged, straight sword, 75cm to 1m, typically carried by Roman cavalry officers
3. batten; broad piece of wood used in weaving to compress the woof threads
4. the spathe of a palm tree
5. a kind of tree

Declension

First-declension noun.

Coordinate terms

• (sword): ?nsis, gladius, m?cr?

Derived terms

• spatula, spathula
• spatul?tus, spathul?tus

Descendants

See also

• gladius

References

• spatha in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• spatha in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• spatha in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)