gladius

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In Ovid's poetry, the proportion of instances of ensis to instances of gladius is about 90:30; in the poetry of exile, it is 21:3.

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  1. The pen, calamary, sepiost, or cuttlebone of the squid; the horny endoskeleton of a cuttlefish. See cut under calamary.

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  • Your lessons Sven put a finer edge on the gladius, then turned it and started working the other side. —  Time Scout
  • She cited Lavis 'admission to police he used kitchen shears to inflict most of the wounds then used a Roman gladius knife to inflict the lethal wounds because he did not want his mother to suffer. —  KTVU.com - Local News
  • Certain combinations unlock new sword forms: combine fire, iron and justice, for instance, and your standard blade becomes a mighty gladius. —  1UP RSS feed
  • It seemed every time a gladius flashed, a great gout of crimson arced into the sand.
  • In Ovid's poetry, the proportion of instances of ensis to instances of gladius is about 90:30; in the poetry of exile, it is 21:3. —  The Last Poems of Ovid
 

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