aclyde
Dictionary entries
- Entry →aclys, aclydis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Lewis (Elementary)
- Field:
- Military
small javelin with a strap;
abl. sg.dat. sg.loc. sg.
Examples
Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...rumpia ligno. nec procul albentes gemina ferit aclyde parmas hiberni qui terga Novae gelidumque securi eruit et tota..."- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Volturni, pariterque Saticulus asper Oscorumque manus. teretes sunt aclydes illis tela, sed haec lento mos est aptare flagello..."