03-27-2014, 02:19 PM
Quote:Renatus post=352559 Wrote: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?
It has arrived :-).
The Dictionary Entry
sēmispathium, iī, n., eine kleine spatha, Veget. mil. 2, 15 u. 16. Isid. orig. 18, 6, 5.
The Translation
sēmispathium, iī, n., a small spatha, Veget. mil. 2, 15 & 16. Isid. orig. 18, 6, 5.