machaera

măchaera, ae, f., = μάχαιρα,

• a sword (ante-class. and post-Aug.): machaera atque hasta, Enn. ap Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Müll.): succincti corda machaeris, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 678 (Ann. v. 392 ib.): eia machaeras, id. ib. 9, 38 (Ann. v. 585 ib.); Plaut. Curc. 3, 54 (424): ni hebes machaera foret, id. Mil. 1, 1, 53 (53); Sen. Ben. 5, 24 fin.; Suet. Claud. 15.—A weapon, in mal. part., Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85 (1187).

machaera, ae, f. (μάχαιρα), das Schlachtmesser, Weidmesser und das einem solchen Messer ähnliche Schwert, Enn. ann. 400 u. 597; fr. scen. 178. Caecil. com. 69. Plaut. Bacch. 68; Curc. 424 u. 567; mil. 53 u. 463. Caes. bei Sen. de ben. 5, 24, 3. Suet. Claud. 15, 2: scherzh. = mentula, Plaut. Pseud. 1181. – auch machēra, Inc. passio Petsch.: macera, Capit. Pertin. 8, 4 P. u. in Hdschrn. des Plautus, s. Lorenz Krit. Anh. zu Plaut. Pseud. 735. p. 273.

machaera, ~era [CL < μάχαιρα] 1 sword, dagger; b (in gl. or sim.); c (fig.). idcirco machĕram stricto mucrone vibrabat Aldh. VirgV 2419; ut dominum suum ‥ arrepta letali ~era [vv. ll. macera, machina] necaret Felix Guthl. 35 p. 112; si ejus ~aeram vidisset uspiam Lantfr. Swith. 2 (cf. ib.: cultellum ‥ mucronem ‥ pugionem; Wulf. Swith. I 278: mucronem / quem solito plerique solent vocitare machēram [ib. 286: pugionem]); gladiorum ‥ multa genera videbamus: ~eras [gl.: grant aspeis, lungos gladios, etc.] et frameas, spatas et semispatia, sicas et secures Balsh. Ut. 49.  b macera, gladius GlC M 22; gladius vel ~era vel spata vel framea vel pugio, sweord Ælf. Gl. 142; sica, gladius, mucro, ensis, cluniculus, ~aera, splendona, framea Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 557; e ante r breviatur; ‥ excipiuntur chimera, ~era Bacon Gram. Gk. 116; ~era, quod est gladius vel culter Ib. 137.  c divini ~eram [gl.: gladium, mece vel hiltinc] verbi et loricam fidei inextricabilem Aldh. VirgP 11 p. 240 (cf. id. VirgV 2464: et machĕram verbi peccati monstra necantem); †889 (14c) noverint se cum Anna [sic] et Zaphira [v. Act. v 1–10] herebica aeterne [sic] anathematis ~era perforandos CS 561 p. 201 (cf. CS 761: 940 (13c) se ‥ eterni anatematis macera perforandum; CS 782: 943 (14c) ); tu [Maria] salutis es minera, / clava, cuspis et machera / qua mors cesa moritur Walt. Wimb. Virgo 20. 2 knife, hatchet. carnifices ‥ ~eras [gl.: cuneys, haches, flessch ax, etc.] et mensaculas scolaribus incutientes Garl. Dict. 127; cum culcitris [sic, for cultris] sive ~eris petrinis corticem ‥ frangunt sive scindunt S. Sim. Itin. 58; ~era, A. a dressurcnyf WW. 3 (erron. defined as) ‘dressing-board’, table on which food is prepared. hec ~era, a dressyngburd; hec mensacula, a dressyngknyfe WW.

măchæra, (13) æ, f. (μάχαιρα), sabre, coutelas : Pl. Curc. 424 ; Mil. 53 ; Suet. Claud. 15.

machaera , ae. f.
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MACHAERA

MACHAERA(μάχαιρα). [CULTER; PUGIO. ]

Machaera

(μάχαιρα). See culter; pugio.