phalanx

An ancient Macedonian legion of varying numbers, formed into a square compact body of pikemen with their shields joined.

phalanx
phălanx (post-class. fălanx), angis, f., = φάλαγξ. I In gen. A Lit., a band of soldiers , a ...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
phalanx
phalanx angis, f , φάλαγξ, a compact body of heavy armed men in battle array, battalion, phalanx: L...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Phalanx
·noun A Fourierite community; a phalanstery. II. Phalanx ·noun A group or bundle of stamens, as in ...

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