Significatio vocis arma | Babel Free
[ˈar.ma]Definitiones
- arms, weapons of war, weaponry, instruments (implements of warfare)
- a piece of weaponry
- defensive arms: armour, shields (etc.)
- close-quarter weapons (offensive or defensive)
- missile weapons
- military action, war (arms as instruments of policy)
- warfare, battle (military exploits)
- troops, military forces, the army
- weapons as means of defence
- tools, equipment
Aequivalentia
Exempla
“[…] : mulis strata detrahi iubet binisque tantum centunculis relictis agasones partim captivis, partim aegrorum armis ornatos imponit.”
[…] : he orders the mules to be stripped off their saddles and, leaving them only some two small pieces of patchwork to be sat on, be mounted with their muleteers carrying weapons taken from either the prisoners or the sick.
“mūnīre urbem, frūmentum convehere, tēla arma parāre”
to strengthen the defences of the city, to accumulate stores of corn, to prepare a supply of missiles and arms
“respicit intereā clāvam spoliumque leōnis,”
Meanwhile, [Chiron] looks at the club and the spoils of the lion, and says, “Man [worthy] for these arms, and arms worthy for the man!” (The centaur Chiron addresses Hercules who has slain the Nemean lion in close combat.)
“Arma propriē dīcuntur ab armīs, id est humerīs, dēpendentia, ut scūtum, gladius, pūgiō, sīca; ut ea, quibus procul proeliāmur, tēla.”
'Arma' 'weapons' are, properly speaking, that which hangs from the 'armi', that is 'shoulders,' such as the shield, sword, dirk, dagger; and such as that using which we fight at a distance, missiles.
“… nōn arma iuventūs / exercet, ….”
… nor do young [soldiers] practice their military drills, …. (Carthage becomes vulnerable once its youth stop training for combat; figuratively, the queen has lowered her own defenses.)
Gradus CEFR
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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