The corpus record — Latin

machaera1

machaera1 · f

a sword

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Where it lives

Curculio 4 · 6.49/10k
De Scorpiace 4 · 5.02/10k
Miles Gloriosus 6 · 4.73/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Truculentus 3 · 3.66/10k
Pseudolus 4 · 3.61/10k
Bacchides 2 · 2.03/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 1.57/10k
Ad Nationes 2 · 1.34/10k
Adversus Marcionem 11 · 1.33/10k
De Praescriptionibus Hereticorum 1 · 1.2/10k

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. măchaera — Lewis & Short

măchaera, ae, f., = ma/xaira,

I 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: ni hebes machaera foret, id. Mil. 1, 1, 53; Sen. Ben. 5, 24 fin.; Suet. Claud. 15.—A weapon, in mal. part., Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85.

2. Măchaera — Lewis & Short

Măchaera, ae, m.,

I an auctioneer, Juv. 7, 9.

3. machaera — Walde–Hofmann

machaera, -ae f. „Schwert, Messer“ (seit Enn.): aus gr. udyatpa ds, (dies entl. aus hebr. mekhérah nach Lewy Fremdw. 177, vgl. Cl. 19, 160 feine idg. Deutung s. unter mactó]). machalum s. mahalum. . — [Walde–Hofmann, s.v. machaera, p. 910]

In the wild

machaera Plautus, Bacchides 1.1
machaera Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 4.29
machaeram Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem 3.14
machaera Plautus, Pseudolus 4.7
machaera Plautus, Truculentus 5.1
machaera Plautus, Miles Gloriosus 5.1

6 of 48 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. machaera (scan p. 400; entry #6349).
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. machaera (scan p. 910; entry #1647).

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