ensis

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂n̥sis. Cognate with Ancient Greek ἄσις (ásis, “slime, mud”), Sanskrit असित (ásita, “dark, black”), असि (asi, “sword”), and Palaic 𒄩𒅆𒄿𒊏 (ḫa-ši-i-ra /hasīra/, “dagger”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈen.sis/, [ˈẽː.sɪs]

ēnsis m (genitive ēnsis); third declension

1. sword

   Ensem lateri accommodare.

   To adjust his sword by his side.

   Petere aliquem ense.

   To attack someone with a sword.

   Ensis luminatus est.

   A light sword (lightsaber).

2. (figuratively) war

   lateque vagatur ensis

3. (figuratively) defender

   Marcello Romanorum ensi

4. (figuratively) royal sway
5. The constellation Orion.

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

• ēnsifer
• ēnsiculus

• Translingual: Ensis

• ensis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ensis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ensis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• ensis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• ensis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ensis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin