lancea

Ultimately from Celtic / Celtiberian, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k- (“to hit”). Confer with Ancient Greek λόγχη (lónkhē). See also plēctō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈlan.ke.a/, [ˈɫaŋ.ke.a]

lancea f (genitive lanceae); first declension

1. the Roman auxiliaries' short javelin; a light spear or lance

First declension.

• lanceārius
• lanceō
• lanceola

• pīlum
• spīculum
• verūtum

• lancea in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• lancea in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lancea in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• lancea in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• lancea in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• lancea in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 832
• Carr, Thomas Swinburne (1836). A manual of Roman antiquities, Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 232 note.
• Glossary of Latin Words, Bible History Online. (File retrieved 12-12-08)

lancea

1. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of lancear.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of lancear.