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falx

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Etymology

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

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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, di̇̀lgė f (“nettle”), di̇̀lgti, di̇̀lgstu (“to be stung by nettles”), dal̃gis (“scythe”). Both the -a- and the -c- are unexpected, however, which might suggest a borrowing from a neighbouring Indo-European language of Italy.[2]

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₂- (“to swing back and forth”), which is the method by which one wields a scythe to cut grasses? Would require metathesis, but is semantically possible.”

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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

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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, -cis”, 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, 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
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “falx”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 3: D–F, page 404
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “falx”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 239

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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