securiger

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

sĕcūrĭger, gĕra, gĕrum, adj. [securisgero],

axe-bearing (poet.): puellae, i. e. Amazons armed with battle-axes , Ov. H. 4, 117: dextra, Sil. 16, 48: Nealces, Val. Fl. 3, 191: catervae, id. 5, 138: Lycurgus, Sen. Oedip. 470; cf. securifer.

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