phalanx, phalangis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Lesser
phalanx, compact body of heavy infantry; battalion; men in battle formation;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | phalanx | phalanges |
| Gen. | phalangis | phalangum, phalangium |
| Dat. | phalangi | phalangibus |
| Acc. | phalangem | phalanges |
| Voc. | phalanx | phalanges |
| Abl. | phalange | phalangibus |
Examples
Agamemnon
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Cycnus aequorei dei, non bellicoso Thressa cum Rheso phalanx, non picta pharetras et securigera manu peltata Amazon, hunc..."
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...messes. protinus in sese conversa furoribus ibit cuncta phalanx atque ipse fremens mirabitur et me respiciet fortasse pater..."Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...captus corpore, nec nymphae geminos exhorruit angues. cuncta phalanx insigne Iovis caelataque gestat tegmina dispersos trifidis ardoribus ignes..."Liber Tertius
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...atras et tortae pondera fundae. fert sonitus immota phalanx irasque retentant, congeries dum prima fluat. stellantia Mopsus tegmina..."Liber Primus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...superbi pectoris Herculeis aequum, Meleagre, lacertis. hic numerosa phalanx, proles Cyllenia: certus Aethalides subitas nervo redeunte sagittas cogere..."
Liber Decimus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...Oeniden aut Hippomedonta peremptos aut uatem Pelopea Phalanx aut Arcada credunt; quin socium coiisse animas et corpore..."Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...time magnosque miser fuge tangere manes!' ter Cadmea phalanx toruum abduxere cadauer, ter retrahunt Danai: Siculi uelut anxia..."Eumenes
Cornelius Nepos
"...autem obtinebat Persidem, et Antigenes, cuius sub imperio phalanx erat Macedonum, invidiam verens, quam tamen effugere non potuit..."