Latin

Noun

machaera f ‎(genitive machaerae); first declension

1. sword (single edged, Arab or Persian)

Inflection

First declension.

References

• machaera in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MACHAERA in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “machaera”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• machaera in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• machaera in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin