hastatorum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →hastatus, hastati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
spearman; soldier in unit in front of Roman battle-formation; its centurion;
gen. pl. - Entry →hastatus, hastata, hastatum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
armed with spear/spears; first line of a Roman army (pl.);
gen. pl. (m.)gen. pl. (n.)
Examples
Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...singulae habebant. Romani mediam aciem, cornua Latini tenuerunt; hastatorum prima signa, dein principum erant, triarii postremos claudebant. extra..."Liber XXX
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...aciem utrimque descensum est. Romanus principes post hastatorum prima signa, in subsidiis triarios constituit: equitatum Italicum ab dextro..."Liber X
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Papirium, fratris filium, et quattuor centuriones manipulumque hastatorum armillis aureisque coronis donavit, Nautium propter expeditionem qua magni agminis..."
