gladius
noun
a short sword used in ancient Rome by legionaries.
gladii
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pluralof gladius.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Scots, according to Tacitus, used chariots and iron swords in the battle of the Grampians--"enormes gladii sine mucrone."
From Atlantis : the antediluvian world by Ignatius Donnelly
Observe another testimony which he addeth out of Augustine, lib. de Fide, Excommunicatio debet supplere locum visibilis gladii, which he Englisheth thus: “Excommunication comes in only to supply the want of the civil sword.”
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
Castellio then attacked Calvin directly in a new work, Contra libellum Calvini in quo ostendere conatur hæreticos jure gladii coercendos esse, which was not published until 1612, in Holland.
From The Inquisition A Critical and Historical Study of the Coercive Power of the Church by Bertrand L. (Bertrand Louis) Conway
