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What does the Latin word gladius from which gladiator is derived mean?
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Gladius means sword in Latin.
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What does gladiator mean?
'Swordsman' - their sword was called a 'gladius' in Latin.
Blaze in Latin?
If you mean something like sword it's "gladius"... and the person fighting with it is called... yes, "gladiator".
What does gladius mean in Latin?
Gladius means "Sword" in Latin. This is 2nd declension nominative singular. If it was to be used in the Pleural the word used would be Gladii.
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The word gladiator is derived form the latin word gladiuswhich was the sword used by the roman army. A gladiator was literally a swordsman; however the term came to encompass other forms of arena fighting as well.
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What is Latin for sword?
Latin has several different terms for sword.In classical Roman times, the short, stabbing sword used by legionary and auxiliary infantry soldiers was called a gladius.The cavalry used a much longer sword called a spatha.Their were also the general terms ensis and ferrumfor any type of sword.In medieval Latin the term gladius was used to mean a knight's long sword, forgetting its original meaning. The German knighting ceremony included the term gladius for a long sword, for example.
