gladius in Portuguese

gladius in Portuguese

What does "gladius" mean?

1. noun A short sword used by Roman soldiers, about two feet long.
   "The gladius was effective either for cutting or for thrusting and was used by legionaries and auxiliaries."
2. noun A pen: a hard internal structure in certain cephalopods, made from a chitin-like substance.
   "From the Cretaceous of North America fossilised gladii in the enigmatic genus Tusoteuthis have been estimated to give a mantle length (body size) of 1.8m, just less than that of the giant squid’s."

gladius in a sentence

• The gladius was effective either for cutting or for thrusting and was used by legionaries and auxiliaries.
• From the Cretaceous of North America fossilised gladii in the enigmatic genus Tusoteuthis have been estimated to give a mantle length (body size) of 1.8m, just less than that of the giant squid’s.

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