falcate
Meaningsickle-shaped
Common meaning: sickle-shaped
- falca sickleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 722 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin falx ‘a sickle’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry falx, p. 722 · dictionary scan
Roots
- falx, falcis Latin “a sickle”
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