Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A short, straight dagger, peculiar to the Medes and Persians.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Anc. Hist.) A short sword or saber.
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- noun historical, ancient history A short
sword orsaber .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Votum faciebat tunc temporis sancto Nicolao; quo facto, sinum dextrum inserens, e qua negligenter pependit acinaces, lento gradu processit per plateam
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At multum mihi profuit, inquit peregrinus, carpum amento extrahens, e quo pependit acinaces: Loculo manum inseruit; et magna cum urbanitate, pilei parte anteriore tacta manu sinistra, ut extendit dextram, militi florinum dedit et processit.
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At multum mihi profuit, inquit peregrinus, carpum amento extrahens, e quo pependit acinaces: Loculo manum inseruit; et magna cum urbanitate, pilei parte anteriore tacta manu sinistra, ut extendit dextram, militi florinum dedit et processit.
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Votum faciebat tunc temporis sancto Nicolao; quo facto, sinum dextrum inserens, e qua negligenter pependit acinaces, lento gradu processit per plateam
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The common sword of the Assyrians was a short straight weapon, like the sword of the Egyptians, or the _acinaces_ of the Persians.
hernesheir commented on the word acinaces
Name of an ancient dagger or short sword, for the Wordniks who like to list weaponry terms.
November 22, 2010