rhomphaea

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

rhomphaea, ae (pure Latin form, rumpīa, Gell. 10, 25, 2; with

i short, rumpĭa, Val. Fl. 6, 98), f., = ῥομφαία, a long missile weapon of barbarous nations: rumpia genus teli est Thracae nationis, Gell. 10, 25, 4; Liv. 31, 39, 11: bis acuta, Vulg. Ecclus. 21, 4; id. Apoc. 2, 12; Val. Fl. l. l.; Claud. Epigr. 27; Ascon. Argum. Milon.— Hence, rhomphaeālis , e, adj., of or belonging to the rhomphaea: incendium, Prud. Cath. 7, 93.