framea

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin framea.

Noun

framea (plural frameas)

1. A type of javelin as used by the Germani

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin framea.

Noun

framea f (plural framee)

1. javelin as used by the Germani

Anagrams

• Mafera

Latin

Etymology

In Germania, Tacitus says that this word was the Germans' own name for their spears. As such, we can assume the word is from Proto-Germanic. However, the specific reconstruction is uncertain; the most accepted one being *framjō (“lance, spear, javelin”), perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *frankô (“javelin”) (see Frank). Another possible relative might be the poetic Old Norse þremjar (“swords”), in which case the Proto-Germanic ancestor term would start with þr-, not fr-, and thus yield *þramjō (“spear, javelin”). Another possibility is from Proto-Germanic *hramjō (“pole, perch”), a derivative of Proto-Germanic *hramō (“frame”).

Noun

framea f (genitive frameae); first declension

1. spear, javelin as used by the Germani
2. sword

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	framea	frameae
genitive	frameae	frameārum
dative	frameae	frameīs
accusative	frameam	frameās
ablative	frameā	frameīs
vocative	framea	frameae

Descendants

• → English: framea (learned)
• → French: framée (learned)
• → Italian: framea (learned)
• → Spanish: frámea

Further reading

• “framea”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “framea”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "framea", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “framea”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “framea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “framea”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin