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falx

English

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Etymology

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From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /fælks/, /fɔlks/

Noun

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falx (plural falxes or falces)

  1. (historical) A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
  2. Any sickle-shaped part or process.
    1. (anatomy) A curved fold or process of the dura mater or the peritoneum, especially one of the partition-like folds of the dura mater which extend into the great fissures of the brain.
    2. (anatomy, dated) A chelicera.
    3. (anatomy) A snake's poison fang.
    4. (anatomy) A rotula of a sea urchin.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Usually derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelg- (“to sting; needle”),[1][2] whence also Proto-Celtic *delgos (“needle; pin”), Proto-Germanic *dalkaz (“pin, brooch; dagger”), Lithuanian dilgùs (“stinging, burning”), dilgėlė̃, dìlgė f (“nettle”), dìlgti, dìlgstu (“to be stung by nettles”), dal̃gis (“scythe”). Both the -a- and the -c- are unexpected, which might suggest a borrowing from a neighbouring Indo-European language of Italy.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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falx f (genitive falcis); third declension

  1. sickle, scythe
  2. (military) a hook used to pull down walls

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative falx falcēs
genitive falcis falcium
dative falcī falcibus
accusative falcem falcēs
falcīs
ablative falce falcibus
vocative falx falcēs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Pokorny, Julius (1959) “dhelg-”, in Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 1, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 247
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “falx”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 200

Further reading

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  • “falx”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “falx”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • falx in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • falx in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “falx”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “falx”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin falx.

Noun

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falx n (plural falxuri)

  1. falx

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative falx falxul falxuri falxurile
genitive-dative falx falxului falxuri falxurilor
vocative falxule falxurilor

References

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  • falx in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
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