- GLADIATORIAL COMBAT
- [N]GLADIUS (-I) (M)GLADIATOR: GLADIATORES (PL)
English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
English-Latin dictionary. 2014.
gladiatorial — glad|i|a|to|ri|al [ ,glædiə tɔriəl ] adjective like a gladiator or relating to gladiators: gladiatorial combat … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
gladiatorial — UK [ˌɡlædɪəˈtɔːrɪəl] / US [ˌɡlædɪəˈtɔrɪəl] adjective like a gladiator, or relating to gladiators gladiatorial combat … English dictionary
gladiatorial — adjective of or relating to or resembling gladiators or their combat gladiatorial combats • Pertains to noun: ↑gladiator • Derivationally related forms: ↑gladiator … Useful english dictionary
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Naumachia — (detail): an imaginative recreation by Ulpiano Checa, first exhibited in 1894. The naumachia (in Latin naumachia, from the Ancient Greek ναυμαχία/naumachía, literally naval combat ) in the Ancient Roman world referred to both the re enactment of… … Wikipedia
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