03-17-2014, 07:08 PM
Quote:Yes, but what about sahs?Sahs is just the Old High German version of "sax".
Quote:I ordered a printed version of the most recent (i.e. 2013) edition via interlibrary loan. I will tell you what it says about the (semi)spathium.Thomas V. post=352555 Wrote:This online dictionary is based on the 2002 edition of the Georges Latin dictionary: [hide]latin_german.deacademic.com/44693/semispathium[/hide] It states that semispathium means "a small spatha".And it may be right but where is the authority for spathium and spatha being the same thing?
Quote:It states that spathium is an uncommon term meaning "spatha".Thomas V. post=352555 Wrote:Another source: [hide]http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/words.exe?spathium[/hide]I cannot make a lot of sense of this.