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The general, all-purpose Latin for "knife" is culter, cultri, although there are other variations, e.g. scapellum ("scalpel") or cultellus (diminutive).

However, much more common in literature is the sword, as well as the shortsword. The all-purpose word for "sword" is ensis, although this rarely appears. Far more common is ferrum, literally one's "iron" (cf. English side-iron), and the more specific gladius, a type of simple shortsword, which is part and parcel to our modern conception of a Roman centurion costume.

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