cane

it-noun

cane m (plural cani, feminine cagna, diminutive canìno m or canìna f or cagnétto m or cagnétta f or cagnettìno m or cagnettìna f, augmentative cagnóne, pejorative cagnàccio, endearing cagnolìno)

cani (plural)
cagna (feminine)
canìno (diminutive masculine)
canìna (diminutive feminine)
cagnétto (diminutive masculine)
cagnétta (diminutive feminine)
cagnettìno (diminutive masculine)
cagnettìna (diminutive feminine)
cagnóne (augmentative)
cagnàccio (pejorative)
cagnolìno (endearing)

From the Latin canis, canem (“dog”). Cognate with Sicilian cani.


katana

Borrowed from Japanese 刀 (katana, literally “sword”).


arco

From Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo- (“bow, arrow”).

der

suonare con arco

(music) bow (used to play string instruments)


anima

From Latin anima, from animus, from Proto-Italic *anamos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁mos, a nominal derivative of *h₂enh₁- (“breathe”). Doublet of alma.

(firearms) the inner cavity created by the chamber and the barrel


spada

desctree

→ Polish: szpada
→ Russian: шпага (špaga)
→ Romanian: șpagă

From earlier spata, from Latin spatha, from Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē), from Proto-Indo-European *sph₂dʰh₁éh₂, derived from *(s)peh₂- (“to draw”) + *dʰeh₁- (“to do; to put”) + *-eh₂ (feminine noun ending). Doublet of spata.


lanciarazzi

Verb-object compound, composed of lancia (“to throw; to launch”) + razzi (“rockets”).


brando

From Vulgar Latin *brandus, of Germanic origin.


palla

From Medieval Latin balla, palla, bala, from Frankish *ballu, from Proto-Germanic *balluz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoln- (“bubble”), from *bʰel- (“to blow, swell, inflate”).
Alternatively, via Lombardic *palla, from Proto-Germanic *ballô, from the same ultimate origin. Compare Sicilian baḍḍa.


mina

From Late Latin mina, from Gaulish [Term?], from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).


freccia

Borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.


arpa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


machete

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish machete.


bomba

→ French: bombe

→ Norwegian Bokmål: bombe

→ Turkish: bomba

desc

→ Laz: ბომბა (bomba), ბუმბა (bumba) — Vitse


noce

it-noun

noce f (plural noci, diminutive nocìna, augmentative nocióna)

noci (plural)
nocìna (diminutive)
nocióna (augmentative)

Inherited from Latin nucem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *knew-.


pistola

Borrowed from French pistole, from Czech píšťala (“firearm”, literally “tube, pipe”).


nitroglicerina

it-noun

nitroglicerina f (plural nitroglicerine)


asta

(firearms) forearm (part of a firearm below and supporting the barrel)


gladio

Borrowed from Latin gladius, possibly from Gaulish *kladyos (“sword”), from Proto-Celtic *kladiwos (“sword”), from the Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”).


zagaglia

Borrowed from Spanish azagaya, from colloquial Arabic اَلزَّغَايَة (az-zaḡāya), from Proto-Berber *zaġāya (“spear”).

اَلزَّغَايَة


ventidue

twenty-two (a .22 calibre pistol or rifle)


esplosivo

it-adj

esplosivo (feminine esplosiva, masculine plural esplosivi, feminine plural esplosive)

esplosiva (feminine)
esplosivi (masculine plural)
esplosive (feminine plural)

Borrowed from French explosif. By surface analysis, esploso + -ivo.


doppietta

double-barrelled shotgun
double-barrelled shotgun


rosata

(firearms) the spatial configuration of shot launched by firing a smooth-barreled hunting rifle


mitra

From Latin mitra, from Ancient Greek μίτρα (mítra, “headband, turban”).


falce

Inherited from Latin falcem, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”). Compare French faux.

scythe (larger tool than sickle); sickle (smaller tool than scythe)


piastra

From the verb impiastrare (“to plaster”).

(historical, weaponry) the firing mechanism in antique firearms


denuclearizzato

it-adj

denuclearizzato (feminine denuclearizzata, masculine plural denuclearizzati, feminine plural denuclearizzate)

denuclearizzata (feminine)
denuclearizzati (masculine plural)
denuclearizzate (feminine plural)


denuclearizzare

it-verb

denuclearizzàre (first-person singular present denuclearìzzo, first-person singular past historic denuclearizzài, past participle denuclearizzàto, auxiliary avére)

denuclearizzàre (canonical)
denuclearìzzo (first-person present singular)
denuclearizzài (first-person historic past singular)
denuclearizzàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
denuclearizzàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
denuclearizzàndo (gerund)
denuclearizzànte (participle present)
denuclearizzàto (participle past)
denuclearìzzo (first-person indicative present singular)
denuclearìzzi (indicative present second-person singular)
denuclearìzza (indicative present singular third-person)
denuclearizziàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
denuclearizzàte (indicative plural present second-person)
denuclearìzzano (indicative plural present third-person)
denuclearizzàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
denuclearizzàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
denuclearizzàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
denuclearizzavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
denuclearizzavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
denuclearizzàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
denuclearizzài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
denuclearizzàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
denuclearizzò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
denuclearizzàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
denuclearizzàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
denuclearizzàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
denuclearizzerò (first-person future indicative singular)
denuclearizzerài (future indicative second-person singular)
denuclearizzerà (future indicative singular third-person)
denuclearizzerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
denuclearizzeréte (future indicative plural second-person)
denuclearizzerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
denuclearizzerèi (conditional first-person singular)
denuclearizzerésti (conditional second-person singular)
denuclearizzerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
denuclearizzerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
denuclearizzerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
denuclearizzeréste (conditional plural second-person)
denuclearizzerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
denuclearizzerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
denuclearìzzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
denuclearìzzi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
denuclearìzzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
denuclearizziàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
denuclearizziàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
denuclearìzzino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
denuclearizzàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
denuclearizzàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
denuclearizzàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
denuclearizzàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
denuclearizzàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
denuclearizzàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
denuclearìzza (imperative second-person singular)
denuclearìzzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
denuclearizziàmo (first-person imperative plural)
denuclearizzàte (imperative plural second-person)
denuclearìzzino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
denuclearizzàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
denuclearìzzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
denuclearizziàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
denuclearizzàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
denuclearìzzino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)


ordigno

From Vulgar Latin *ōrdinium, from Latin ōrdō (“order”). Compare Portuguese ordenhar and Spanish ordeñar, which took on specialized senses.


fucilata

(firearms) gunshot, especially from a rifle


fucile

From Vulgar Latin *focīlis [petra], derived from Latin focus. Compare French fusil, Friulian fusîl, Piedmontese fusil.


strale

Borrowed from Lombardic strāla f (“arrow, beam”) (compare Middle High German strâle and Modern German Strahl m), from Proto-West Germanic *strālu. First attested in 1266.

bor+

strali di Cupido

(literary, poetic) arrow, dart, thunderbolt

Ma è soprattutto contro gli Stati Uniti che sono diretti gli strali cinesi.

2023 August 24, Alessandra Colarizi, “Il potere dei soldi di Pechino sul consenso del Sud globale: il “sogno sino-africano” di Xi al vertice dei Brics [The power of Beijing's money on the Global South: Xi's "Sino-African dream" at the BRICS summit]”, in il Fatto Quotidiano:

But China's accusations are mostly leveled against the United States.

(figurative, by extension) accusation or criticism; shots fired


daga

From earlier *daca, possibly via a Celtic source from Vulgar Latin *daca, used to refer to knives from the Roman province of Dacia.

(weaponry) a stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade


granata

From Latin (malum) granatum. Compare French grenade.


antiaereo

it-adj

antiaereo (feminine antiaerea, masculine plural antiaerei, feminine plural antiaeree)

antiaerea (feminine)
antiaerei (masculine plural)
antiaeree (feminine plural)


mitragliatrice

it-noun

mitragliatrice f (plural mitragliatrici)


cannone

→ German: Kanone

From cann(a) (“cane, tube, pipe”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


pallottola

pallottola vagante


arciere

Borrowed from Old French archier. By surface analysis, arco + -iere.


bacchetta

bacchette (plural)
bachetta (alternative)

→ Catalan: baqueta

→ French: baguette

→ Portuguese: baqueta, vaqueta

→ Spanish: baqueta

From Vulgar Latin *baclitta, a diminutive from Latin baculum.

(firearms) ramrod, gun-stick, rod for stuffing the muzzleloader with ammunition


raffica

Perhaps derived from Old High German raffōn (modern German raffen). Related to French rafale, Portuguese rafega, and Spanish ráfaga.


sferra

From Vulgar Latin *exferra. By surface analysis, deverbal from sferrare (“to unshoe (a horse)”) + -a. Compare Neapolitan sferra and Sicilian sferra.

surf

Ecco la vostra sferra vecchia, avetela con alcuno? Ditelo a me, che ne farò salciccie.

17ᵗʰ century, Silvio Fiorillo, “Scena Settima”, in La Lucilla costante:

Here's your old rusty sword. Are you mad with anyone? Tell me about it, and I'll make sausages of them.

Ognun portava l’asta ed il polvese, ¶ E al fianco senza fodero la sferra, […]

c. 1685, Federigo Nomi, chapter XIII, in Il catorcio d'Anghiari, stanza XV:

[…] altri poi con pietre aguzze, con coltelli spuntati, con isferre, con chiodi, coll’ugne, se altro non vi era, scalcinavano e sgretolavano la muraglia[…].

1825–1827, Alessandro Manzoni, chapter XIII, in I promessi sposi^(https://it.wikisource.org/wiki/I_promessi_sposi_(Ferrario)), Milan: Vincenzo Ferrario:

Then other people with sharp stones, dull knives, rusty swords, nails [of metal], [finger]nails, if there wasn't anything else, kicked and crumbled the wall.

(by extension, archaic or regional) Various things which are old and worn out or with little value:


giavellotto

Borrowed from French javelot, from Vulgar Latin *gabalottus (“spear”), derived from Gaulish *gabalos.


lanciamissili

Verb-object compound, composed of lancia (“to throw; to launch”) + missili (“missiles”).


schioppo

it-noun

schioppo m (plural schioppi, diminutive schioppétto or schioppettìno, derogatory (rare) schioppùccio)

schioppi (plural)
schioppétto (diminutive)
schioppettìno (diminutive)
schioppùccio (derogatory rare)

See scoppio (“explosion”), of onomatopoeic origin. Alternatively from Latin stloppus (“sound of a slap”).


bascula

(firearms) bascule (steel block on which the barrels are hinged) (in a hunting rifle)


cazza

cazza f (plural cazze, diminutive cazzuòla or cazzòla)

cazze (plural)
cazzuòla (diminutive)
cazzòla (diminutive)

From Late Latin cattia, perhaps from Ancient Greek κύαθος (kúathos, “ladle”).

(firearms) large trowel used for pulling gunpowder towards the bottom of cannons


bomba a grappolo

bomba a grappolo f (plural bombe a grappolo)


lanciabombe

Verb-object compound, composed of lancia (“to throw; to launch”) + bombe (“bombs”).


cerbottana

Borrowed from Arabic سَبَطَانَة (sabaṭāna).


elsa

Borrowed from Lombardic *hilza, from Proto-Germanic *heltō, *heltą, from Proto-Indo-European *kel-. Cognate with English hilt, Icelandic hjilt.


faretra

Borrowed from Latin pharetra, according to the Treccani dictionary.


gatto a nove code

it-noun

gatto a nove code m (plural gatti a nove code)


smeriglio

(firearms) springald (fitted on galleys-long ship propelled primarily by oars)


coltello a serramanico

coltello a serramanico m (plural coltelli a serramanico)


serramanico

Clipping of coltello a serramanico, verb-object compound, composed of serra (“to close; to clamp”) + manico (“handle, shaft”).


lupara

From lupo (“wolf”), from its traditional use in wolf hunting.

the content of a particular type of shotgun cartridge, consisting of 8–9 mm steel balls

(by extension) the shotgun employing such cartridges, especially a sawn-off shotgun


spadone

→ English: spadona, spadone

desctree

→ French: espadon, espadron (Louisiana)
→ English: espadon
Haitian Creole: espandon

From spada (“sword”) + -one (augmentative suffix).


moschetto

From moschetta (“small fly”), a diminutive of mosca (“fly”).


cinquedea

cinquedee (plural)
cinquadea (alternative)

From cinque (“five”) + dea (“fingers”, northen dialectal variant of dita; compare Venetan déo), in reference to the width of the blade.

compound

anelace, cinquedea (Italian Renaissance sword)


ogiva

From French ogive, from Old French augive.


scimitarra

From Persian شمشیر (šamšir, “sword”), from Middle Persian šmšyl (šamšēr) / špšyl (šafšēr, “sword”).


tirapugni

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to throw”) + pugni (“fists, punches”).

it-verb-obj

(weaponry) brass knuckles, knuckle duster


katiuscia

Borrowed from Russian Катю́ша (Katjúša, “Katyusha”) diminutive of Ка́тя (Kátja, “Katya”), in turn diminutive of Екатери́на (Jekaterína, “Katherine”).


stocco

From Middle Dutch stoken (“to thrust, poke”) or Middle High German stoken (“to stab, pierce”), both from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push, thrust”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teug- (“to beat, thrust, push”).


roncola

From ronc(a) (“billhook”) + -ola (diminutive suffix).

suffix

(agriculture) an agricultural implement often with a curved or hooked end to the blade used for pruning or cutting thick, woody plants

(weaponry) a medieval polearm with a similar construct, fitted to a long handle, sometimes with an L-shaped tine or a spike protruding from the side or the end of the blade for tackling the opponent; a bill


alabarda

→ Old French: alabarde

Middle French: hallebarde

French: hallebarde

→ English: halberd

From Middle High German halmbarte (“broad-axe with handle”), from halm << Proto-Germanic *helmô (“handle”) + barte (“hatchet”) << *bardaz (“broadax”, literally “beard”).


polverificio

explosives (originally gunpowder) factory


culatta

→ Catalan: culata

→ Galician: culata

→ Portuguese: culatra

→ Spanish: culata


ballotta

desctree

→ French: ballotte
→ Spanish: balota
→ Hiligaynon: balota

From balla (“ball”) + -otta (diminutive suffix).


spadino

From spada (“sword”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).


bomba a orologeria

it-noun

bomba a orologeria f (plural bombe a orologeria)

bombe a orologeria (plural)
bomba ad orologeria (alternative)


archibugio

archibugi (plural)
archibuso (alternative)
arcobugio (alternative)

Borrowed from Dutch haakbus, derived from haak (“hook”) + bus (“gun”).


arma di distruzione di massa

arma di distruzione di massa f (plural armi di distruzione di massa)

weapon of mass destruction
weapon of mass destruction


pugno di ferro

pugno di ferro m (plural pugni di ferro)


onagro

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin onagrus, onager, from Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros), compound of ὄνος (ónos, “ass, donkey”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”).

compound

cist asnes sauvages que on apele onagres, à chascune hore dou jour et de la nuit crie une foiz, si que l'on puet bien cognoistre les hores

late 13ᵗʰ century [1260–1267], anonymous translator, Il tesoro [The treasure], translation of Livres dou Tresor by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in “Asnes, ovvero Asino salvatico [Asnes, that is, Wild donkey]” (chapter 43), Libro V [Book 5], in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro, volume 2, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, pages 214–215:

this wild ass, which is called onager, cries out once every hour of the day and of the night, so that one can have good knowledge of time

unum ferum, quid vocant onagros, in Phrygia and Lycaonia, ubi sunt greges multi feri

1605 [1304–1309], “Degli asini [About donkeys]” (chapter 59), Libro nono - Di tutti gli animali, che si nutricano in villa [Ninth book - About all the animals which are fed on the farm], in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell'agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture], Florence: Cosimo Giusti, translation of Rūrālium commodōrum librī XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi (in Medieval Latin), page 446:

The wild ones [donkeys], which are called onagers, are born in Phrygia and in Lycaonia, where many herds of them are found.

Adversum haec obsessōs dēfendere cōnsuēvērunt ballistae, onagrī, scorpiōnēs

mid 13ᵗʰ century–a. 1292 [5ᵗʰ century CE], “De' balestri, ed onagri, e scorpioni, ed arcobalestri [About crossbows, onagers, scorpions, and mounted crossbows]” (chapter 22), in Bono Giamboni, transl., Dell'arte della guerra [On the art of war], translation of Epitoma reī mīlitāris by Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus (in Late Latin); republished as Dell'arte della guerra libri IV, Florence: Giovanni Marenigh, 1815, page 166:

The besieged are usually defended by the above with crossbows, onagers, scorpions


sarissa

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σάρισσα (sárissa).

lbor

sarissa (a long pike used in the traditional Greek phalanx formation)


coccia

(nautical) thimble (metal protection for ropes)


codolo

(firearms) tang (projecting part of a musket barrel)


colubrina

colubrine (plural)
colobrina (alternative)

From Old Occitan colobrina, derived from Classical Latin coluber (“snake”).

qual sagra, qual falcon, qual colubrina
sento nomar, come al suo autor piú agrada;
che ’l ferro spezza, e i marmi apre e ruina,
e ovunque passa si fa dar la strada.

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 11”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 25; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

I hear one [cannon] being named sagro, one falconet, one culverin, as their creator sees fittest. It breaks iron, and cracks and destroys marble, and makes way wherever it passes.

Colubrina da lire. 20. di longhezza piedi. 10. uol di metallo lire. 4300. & per condurla buoui para

1554, Niccolò Tartaglia, “Libro primo - Quesito undecimo [First Book - Eleventh question]”, in Quesiti et inventioni diverse [Various questions and inventions]:

A 10-feet-long 20-pound culverin needs 4300 pounds of metal, and prepare oxen to move it.

I Nemici, conoſciuta impenetrabile la falange Criﬅiana, finſero di dar addietro ſu un Colle, ove ﬅavano in aguato alcune Colubrine, cuﬅodite da ſeicento Gianizzeri.

1742, “1 6 8 6.”, in Azioni egregie operate in guerra [Distinguished deeds done at war], page 208:

The foes, having learned that the Christian phalanx [was] impenetrable, feigned retreating upon a hill, where several culverins, guarded by six hundred janissaries, were waiting.

Un altro soldato giaceva dietro ad alcuni barili e ad un vecchio affusto di colubrina.

1901, Emilio Salgari, “La caccia all'Alambra [The hunt for the Alhambra]” (chapter 24), in La regina dei Caraibi [The Queen of the Caribbean], published 1966, page 208:

Another soldier was lying behind some barrels, and an old culverin stand.


colubrina

Learned borrowing from Late Latin colubrīna (“arum”), nominalized feminine form of Classical Latin colubrīnus (“serpent-like”), derived from coluber (“snake”).

der

Blitum bonus-henricus
Blitum bonus-henricus#Translingual

Good King Henry (the plant Blitum bonus-henricus)


denuclearizzazione

it-noun

denuclearizzazione f (plural denuclearizzazioni)


mazzafrusto

From mazza (“club, mace”) + frusto (“whip”).

Orlando urta il cavallo e batte e stringe,
e con un mazzafrusto all’acqua spinge.

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 30”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 11; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

Orlando spurs and prods and impels the horse, and drives it towards the water with a flail.

L, l'arsenale / M, medievale / N, (è Natale) e un mazzafrusto io avrò

2019, “Ninna nanna del feudo [Fiefdom lullaby]”, in Valerio Storch (lyrics), Valerio Storch and Maurizio Cardullo (music), Vol. I [Vol[ume] 1], performed by Bardomagno:

L, the arsenal / M, medieval / N, (it's Christmas) and I'm getting a flail


spingarda

spingarde (plural)
sbingarda (alternative)
spinguarda (alternative)

→ Portuguese: espingarda (“rifle”)

Semi-learned borrowing from Old French espringale, itself derived from Frankish *springan. Cognate with German springen (“to jump”).

slbor

Bombarde, spingarde e aitre orribile cose da pericolare lo castiello e·lli avitatori.

1350s, anonymous author, “Della sconfitta de Francia, là dove morze lo re de Boemia e·llo re de Francia fu sconfitto dallo re de Egnilterra. [About the defeat of France, there where the king of Bohemia died, and the king of France was defeated by the king of England]” (chapter 14), in Cronica [Chronicle] (overall work in Old Italian); republished as Giuseppe Porta, editor, Anonimo romano - Cronica, Adelphi, 1979, →ISBN:

Bombards, springalds, and other horrible things to endanger the castle and its inhabitants.

[…] ma i beccaccini si vengono educando alla malizia, e in quel mezzo minuto che lo sparo s’incanta, mi scappano un mezzo miglio lontano. Verrà tempo che si dovrà correr lor dietro colla spingarda.

1867, Ippolito Nievo, chapter IV (chapter 4), in Le confessioni di un ottuagenario [Confessions of an octogenarian], Florence: Le Monnier, page 169:

[…] the snipes are growing wary of the trick, and, in that half-minute when the shot is stuck, they flee half a mile away. The time will come when you'll have to run after them with a punt gun.


turcasso

turcassi (plural)
carcasso (alternative)

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek ταρκάσιον (tarkásion), from Arabic تَرْكَاش (tarkāš), from Persian ترکش (tarkaš), earlier تیرکش (tirkaš), derived from تیر (tir, “arrow”) + کش (kaš, “container”); modified by influence of turco (“Turkish”).


copricanna

Verb-object compound, composed of copri (“to cover”) + canna (“gun barrel”).


accoccare

it-verb

accoccàre (first-person singular present accòcco or accócco, first-person singular past historic accoccài, past participle accoccàto, auxiliary avére)

accoccàre (canonical)
accòcco (first-person present singular)
accócco (first-person present singular)
accoccài (first-person historic past singular)
accoccàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
accoccàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
accoccàndo (gerund)
accoccànte (participle present)
accoccàto (participle past)
accòcco (first-person indicative present singular)
accócco (first-person indicative present singular)
accòcchi (indicative present second-person singular)
accócchi (indicative present second-person singular)
accòcca (indicative present singular third-person)
accócca (indicative present singular third-person)
accocchiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
accoccàte (indicative plural present second-person)
accòccano (indicative plural present third-person)
accóccano (indicative plural present third-person)
accoccàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
accoccàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
accoccàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
accoccavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
accoccavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
accoccàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
accoccài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
accoccàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
accoccò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
accoccàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
accoccàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
accoccàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
accoccherò (first-person future indicative singular)
accoccherài (future indicative second-person singular)
accoccherà (future indicative singular third-person)
accoccherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
accoccheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
accoccherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
accoccherèi (conditional first-person singular)
accoccherésti (conditional second-person singular)
accoccherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
accoccherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
accoccherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
accoccheréste (conditional plural second-person)
accoccherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
accoccherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
accòcchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
accócchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
accòcchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
accócchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
accòcchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
accócchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
accocchiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
accocchiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
accòcchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
accócchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
accoccàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
accoccàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
accoccàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
accoccàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
accoccàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
accoccàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
accòcca (imperative second-person singular)
accócca (imperative second-person singular)
accòcchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accócchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accocchiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
accoccàte (imperative plural second-person)
accòcchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
accócchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
accoccàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
accòcchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accócchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
accocchiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
accoccàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
accòcchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
accócchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(archery) to nock (an arrow) (to fit against the bowstring of a bow)


arma bianca

Literally, “white weapon”. Compare French arme blanche.

Coordinate term: arma da fuoco

(weaponry) a cold weapon that causes damage by striking with a tip, a blade, or blunt force


mazza ferrata

From mazza (“mace”) + ferrata (“iron”, “made of iron”).


arma a retrocarica

it-noun

arma a retrocarica f (plural armi a retrocarica)

breechloader (a variety of firearm in which the weapon is loaded from the breech)


sagro

Alternative form of sacro (“saker falcon”).

La sisisme ligne est sourpoins. Cist est molt grans, et resemble aigle blanche, mais des oilz et des eles et dou bec est il semblables au girfaut, jà soit ce que je n’aie home trové qui le veist onques.

late 13ᵗʰ century [1260–1267], “Dei falconi [On falcons]” (chapter 12), in anonymous translator, Il tesoro [The treasure], translation of Livres dou Tresor by Brunetto Latini (in Old French); collected in Luigi Gaiter, editor, Il tesoro, volume 2, Bologna: Romagnoli, 1877, page 159:

The sixth kind [of falcon] is the saker. Those are very large, and resemble white eagles; but in their eyes, their beaks, their wings, and their pride, they resemble the gyrfalcon, but few can be found.

Alternative form of sacro
saker, Saker falcon


sputafuoco

Verb-object compound, composed of sputa (“to spit”) + fuoco (“fire”).


ribadocchino

ribauldequin (large bow for casting javelins)


scarrellare

it-verb

scarrellàre (first-person singular present scarrèllo, first-person singular past historic scarrellài, past participle scarrellàto, auxiliary avére)

scarrellàre (canonical)
scarrèllo (first-person present singular)
scarrellài (first-person historic past singular)
scarrellàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
scarrellàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
scarrellàndo (gerund)
scarrellànte (participle present)
scarrellàto (participle past)
scarrèllo (first-person indicative present singular)
scarrèlli (indicative present second-person singular)
scarrèlla (indicative present singular third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
scarrellàte (indicative plural present second-person)
scarrèllano (indicative plural present third-person)
scarrellàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
scarrellàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
scarrellàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
scarrellavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
scarrellavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
scarrellàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
scarrellài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
scarrellàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
scarrellò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
scarrellàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
scarrellàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
scarrellàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
scarrellerò (first-person future indicative singular)
scarrellerài (future indicative second-person singular)
scarrellerà (future indicative singular third-person)
scarrellerémo (first-person future indicative plural)
scarrelleréte (future indicative plural second-person)
scarrellerànno (future indicative plural third-person)
scarrellerèi (conditional first-person singular)
scarrellerésti (conditional second-person singular)
scarrellerèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
scarrellerébbe (conditional singular third-person)
scarrellerémmo (conditional first-person plural)
scarrelleréste (conditional plural second-person)
scarrellerèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
scarrellerébbero (conditional plural third-person)
scarrèlli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
scarrèlli (present second-person singular subjunctive)
scarrèlli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
scarrelliàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
scarrèllino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
scarrellàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
scarrellàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
scarrellàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
scarrellàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
scarrellàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
scarrellàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
scarrèlla (imperative second-person singular)
scarrèlli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person imperative plural)
scarrellàte (imperative plural second-person)
scarrèllino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
scarrellàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
scarrèlli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
scarrelliàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
scarrellàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
scarrèllino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(firearms) to retract the slide of a firearm to allow the first cartridge to enter the chamber and to cock the firing pin


ghiado

From Latin gladius. The “frost” meaning is derived from the figurative sense of “sharp cold”. Doublet of gladio.

any stabbing weapon (such as a sword, dagger, knife etc.)


azza

Likely borrowed from Old French hache (“axe”), from Vulgar Latin *happia (“axe, hatchet”), borrowed from Frankish *happjā (“axe”), from Proto-Germanic *hā̆bjǭ or *hē̆bjǭ (name of some sort of tool).

Rinaldo, che non ha simil pensiero,
in tutti i modi alla vittoria aspira:
mena de l’azza dispettoso e fiero

1516–1532, Ludovico Ariosto, “Canto 39”, in Orlando furioso, stanza 2; republished as Santorre Debenedetti, editor, Bari: Laterza, 1928:

Rinaldo, without such worries, seeks victory through any means: he swings his poleaxe, haughty and proud

Arme ’n aﬅe vi ſon, picche, corſeſche
E partigiane aſſai,
[…]
E mazze, e azze, e ſergentine, e dardi

1619, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, “Atto terzo della prima giornata”, in La fiera, Scena terza; republished in La fiera, commedia di Michelagnolo Buonarruoti il Giovane, e La tancia, commedia rusticale del medesimo, Florence: Stamperia di S. A. R., 1726, page 23:

There are polearms: pikes, corseques, and lots of partisans; […] and maces, and poleaxes, and sergeant's pikes, and darts

The soldiers were discouraged by the flight of William, viscount of Melun, surnamed the Carpenter, from the weighty strokes of his axe

1820–1824 [1776–1789], chapter 58, in Davide Bertolotti, transl., Storia della decadenza e rovina dell'Impero romano, volume 11, Milan: Nicolo Bettoni, translation of The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon:

The soldiers lost all their bravery seeing William, viscount of Melun—the mighty strokes of whose battle poleaxe had him nicknamed "the Cartwright"—leaving

Et crioit à haulte voix celui qui portoit celle hache en son langaige: Tournez vous arriere, fuiez vous de devant celui qui pourte la mort des Roys entre ses mains.

1872 [c. 1309], chapter XXXXV, in Giovanni Galvani, transl., La sesta crociata, ovvero l'istoria della santa vita di re Luigi IX di Francia [The Sixth Crusade, or The story of the saintly life of king Louis IX of France], Bologna: Gaetano Romagnoli, translation of Livre des saintes paroles et des bons faiz de nostre saint roy Looÿs by Jean de Joinville (in Old French), page 184:

And the one carrying the poleaxe was yelling loudly in his language: "Go back! Flee before the one who brings the death of kings in his own hands!"

Un’azza è quella con cui squadri
là, nel verno, il pino e il cerro;
con cui picchiavano i tuoi padri
sopra i grandi elmi di ferro.

1907, Giovanni Pascoli, “La partenza del boscaiolo [The lumberjack's departure]”, in Canti di Castelvecchio [Songs of Castelvecchio], 4ᵗʰ edition, Bologna: Nicola Zanichelli, section VII:

A poleaxe is that with which, during the winter, you break the pine and the oak; with which your fathers struck upon the great iron helms.


mazza chiodata

it-noun

mazza chiodata f (plural mazze chiodate)

From mazza (“mace”) + chiodata (“nailed”, “spiked”).


guerra nucleare

guerra nucleare f (plural guerre nucleari)


giusarma

giusarme (plural)
gisarma (alternative)
guisarma (alternative)

From Old French guisarme, gisarme, jusarme.

[…] le giusarme dei mercenarî al soldo dei baroni e le corsesche friulane che armarono le ultime masnade dei patriarchi e dei conti di Gorizia.

1892, Giuseppe Caprin, Pianure friulane [Friulian Plains], Trieste: Giuseppe Caprin, published 1892, Cormons, page 326:

[…] the gisarmes of mercenaries hired by barons, and the Friulian corseques that served as weapons for the last gangs of Gorizia's patriarchs and counts.


fucile di precisione

fucile di precisione m (plural fucili di precisione)

Literally, “accuracy rifle”. Compare French fusil de précision, Portuguese fuzil de precisão.


fucile a canne mozze

fucile a canne mozze m (plural fucili a canne mozze)


fucile a pompa

fucile a pompa m (plural fucili a pompa)


fucile d'assalto

fucile d'assalto m (plural fucili d'assalto)


francesca

francesche (plural)
francisca (alternative)

From Medieval Latin Francisca [secūris] (“French [axe]”).

der

(weaponry, historical) francisca (throwing axe)


mattero

From Latin mataris (“javelin, pike”), also materis, madaris, or matara, of Celtic/Gaulish origin.

an unidentified weapon used by the Celts, perhaps a large pike

a kind of javelin, with a short, wide tip

a branch, approximately 3 ft. long, obtained from the upper part of a manna ash sprout, from which thin stripes for basketweaving are obtained


arma in asta

it-noun

arma in asta f (plural armi in asta or (uncommon) armi in aste or (archaic) arme in aste)

armi in asta (plural)
armi in aste (plural uncommon)
arme in aste (archaic plural)

[…] combattere nelle fronti e negli ordini con le armi in asta è inutile, eccetto che nella prima fronte

1521, “Libro secondo [Second book]”, in L'arte della guerra [The art of war]; republished in Opere di Niccolò Machiavelli, volume 5, 1826, page 43:

fighting with polearms within lines and formations is pointless, except on the first line

Nell’altra facciata, che guardaua la città, le quattro ſue baſi haueuano quatt’altri capricci, ed erano, il primo un faſcio di trombe, di lance, e d’arme in aﬆe auuolte di lauro col motto, Sint omnia lęta […]

1591 [1548], Tommaso Costo, “Annotazioni e supplimenti”, in Del compendio dell’istoria del Regno di Napoli con la giunta per tutto l’anno MDLXXXVI, Venice: Barezzo Barezzi, expansion of Compendio delle historie del Regno di Napoli by Pandolfo Collenuccio, page 102.2:

On the other face overlooking the city its four bases had four more compositions: the first one was a bundle of trumpets, spears, and polearms wrapped in laurel, with the motto Sint omnia laeta

Arme ’n aﬅe vi ſon, picche, corſeſche / E partigiane aſſai, / […] / E mazze, e azze, e ſergentine, e dardi

Καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον τύπτοντες ἀλλήλους τοῖς δόρασι, καὶ διὰ τὴν πυκνότητα τῶν πληγῶν τὰ πλεῖστα συντρίψαντες, εἰς τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς μαχαίρας ἀγῶνα κατήντησαν

1793 [1ˢᵗ century], “Epaminonda in soccorso dei Tegeati [Epaminondas rescues the Tegeates]” (chapter 24), in Storia universale [Universal history], volume 4, Gio. Desideri: Rome, translation of Βιβλιοθήκη Ἱστορική (Bibliothḗkē Historikḗ, “Historical Library”) by Διόδωρος Σικελιώτης (Diódōros Sikeliṓtēs, “Diodorus Siculus”), page 276:

They came to blows using polearms; afterwards, since the polearms were largely broken due to the frequency and force of the blows, they clashed with swords and short-range weapons

Kaì tò mèn prôton túptontes allḗlous toîs dórasi, kaì dià tḕn puknótēta tôn plēgôn tà pleîsta suntrípsantes, eis tòn apò tês makhaíras agôna katḗntēsan

Arma in asta non molto lunga, e sottile, la quale aveva un ferro in cima fatto a foggia di mandorla, con due altri ricurvi in fuori e congiunti all’asta da una lama.

1863, “Corsesca [Corseque]”, in Dizionario militare, Turin: Tipografia V. Vercellino, page 134:

A thin, not very long polearm, which had an iron on the top, made in the shape of an almond, with two more [irons] curving outwards, and joined to the staff with a blade.


arma da botta

(weaponry) a melee weapon that strikes using blunt force


organo di Stalin

organo di Stalin m (plural organi di Stalin)

Calque of German Stalinorgel (literally “Stalin's organ”), after the sound of the rockets fired by the Soviets.


pistola lanciarazzi

it-noun

pistola lanciarazzi f (plural pistole lanciarazzi)


pistola da segnalazione

pistola da segnalazione f (plural pistole da segnalazione)

pistola lanciarazzi
pistola lanciarazzi#Italian

Synonym of pistola lanciarazzi (“flare gun”)


draghinassa

Unknown. Originally a given name for a sword.

(humorous, rare) used to indicate any short, bladed weapon


paloscio

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian paloš, from Hungarian pallos.

(historical) a single-edged dagger with a narrow blade


mazzagatto

Verb-object compound, composed of mazza (“to kill (archaic or southern Italy)”) + gatto (“cat”).

it-verb-obj

mazzare<t:to kill (archaic or southern Italy)>


raccoccare

it-verb

raccoccàre (first-person singular present raccòcco or raccócco, first-person singular past historic raccoccài, past participle raccoccàto, auxiliary avére)

raccoccàre (canonical)
raccòcco (first-person present singular)
raccócco (first-person present singular)
raccoccài (first-person historic past singular)
raccoccàto (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)
raccoccàre (infinitive)
avére (auxiliary)
raccoccàndo (gerund)
raccoccànte (participle present)
raccoccàto (participle past)
raccòcco (first-person indicative present singular)
raccócco (first-person indicative present singular)
raccòcchi (indicative present second-person singular)
raccócchi (indicative present second-person singular)
raccòcca (indicative present singular third-person)
raccócca (indicative present singular third-person)
raccocchiàmo (first-person indicative plural present)
raccoccàte (indicative plural present second-person)
raccòccano (indicative plural present third-person)
raccóccano (indicative plural present third-person)
raccoccàvo (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
raccoccàvi (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
raccoccàva (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
raccoccavàmo (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
raccoccavàte (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
raccoccàvano (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
raccoccài (first-person historic indicative past singular)
raccoccàsti (historic indicative past second-person singular)
raccoccò (historic indicative past singular third-person)
raccoccàmmo (first-person historic indicative past plural)
raccoccàste (historic indicative past plural second-person)
raccoccàrono (historic indicative past plural third-person)
raccoccherò (first-person future indicative singular)
raccoccherài (future indicative second-person singular)
raccoccherà (future indicative singular third-person)
raccoccherémo (first-person future indicative plural)
raccoccheréte (future indicative plural second-person)
raccoccherànno (future indicative plural third-person)
raccoccherèi (conditional first-person singular)
raccoccherésti (conditional second-person singular)
raccoccherèbbe (conditional singular third-person)
raccoccherébbe (conditional singular third-person)
raccoccherémmo (conditional first-person plural)
raccoccheréste (conditional plural second-person)
raccoccherèbbero (conditional plural third-person)
raccoccherébbero (conditional plural third-person)
raccòcchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
raccócchi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
raccòcchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
raccócchi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
raccòcchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
raccócchi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
raccocchiàmo (first-person plural present subjunctive)
raccocchiàte (plural present second-person subjunctive)
raccòcchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
raccócchino (plural present subjunctive third-person)
raccoccàssi (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
raccoccàssi (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
raccoccàsse (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
raccoccàssimo (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
raccoccàste (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
raccoccàssero (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
raccòcca (imperative second-person singular)
raccócca (imperative second-person singular)
raccòcchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
raccócchi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
raccocchiàmo (first-person imperative plural)
raccoccàte (imperative plural second-person)
raccòcchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
raccócchino (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
raccoccàre (imperative negative second-person singular)
raccòcchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
raccócchi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
raccocchiàmo (first-person imperative negative plural)
raccoccàte (imperative negative plural second-person)
raccòcchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
raccócchino (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)

(archery) to nock (an arrow to a bow) again


talpone

(weaponry) tool used to adjust the parallelism between the axis of the barrel and the line of sight


coprifiamma

Verb-object compound, composed of copri (“to cover”) + fiamma (“flame”).


termobarico

it-adj

termobarico (feminine termobarica, masculine plural termobarici, feminine plural termobariche)

termobarica (feminine)
termobarici (masculine plural)
termobariche (feminine plural)


potenza di fuoco

it-noun

potenza di fuoco f (plural potenze di fuoco)

La maggiore potenza di fuoco che Biden mette in campo per l'acquisto di pubblicità tv ed altre forme di propaganda elettorale, viene interpretata come un segnale positivo sulla mobilitazione della base democratica, malgrado l'assenza quasi totale di quei contatti "porta a porta" che un tempo erano essenziali per aumentare l'affluenza alle urne.

2020 October 16, Federico Rampini, “Le casse piene dei Dem. Così Biden trionfa nella raccolta di fondi [The Dems' full cash desks. This is how Biden triumphs in fundraising]”, in la Repubblica:

The greater firepower that Biden presents for the acquisition of TV ads and other forms of electoral propaganda, is interpreted as a positive signal of the mobilization of the Democratic base, despite the almost-total absence of those "door to door" contacts that were once essential to increase turnout at the ballot box.


sparare a zero

it-verb

sparàre a zero (first-person singular present spàro a zero, first-person singular past historic sparài a zero, past participle sparàto a zero, auxiliary avére)

sparàre a zero (canonical)
spàro a zero (first-person present singular)
sparài a zero (first-person historic past singular)
sparàto a zero (participle past)
avére (auxiliary)

(intransitive, firearms) to shoot point blank


linea del fuoco

it-noun

linea del fuoco f (plural linee del fuoco)

Avrei trascinato la mia famiglia, l'avrei esposta alla linea del fuoco.

2020, Barack Obama, translated by Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, and Giuseppe Maugeri, Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

Family got dragged along for the ride, put in the line of fire.

(idiomatic, also military, also weaponry) line of fire


spingitoio

(firearms) a cylinder-shaped device which moves cartridges into the chamber


percotitoio

(archaic, firearms) Synonym of percussore


cacciapalla

cacciapalli (plural)
cacciapalle (alternative)

Verb-object compound, composed of caccia (“to extract”) + palla (“bullet”).

it-verb-obj

(historical, firearms) a tool used to get a projectile out of a muzzleloader's barrel


battipalle

Verb-object compound, composed of batti (“to beat, to strike”) + palle (“bullets”).

(firearms, historical) the end of a ramrod (used to push the projectile down in a muzzleloader)


mazzagatti

Verb-object compound, composed of mazza (“to kill (archaic or southern Italy)”) + gatti (“cats”).

(historical, firearms) a type of short-barreled pistol


mazzacani

Verb-object compound, composed of mazza (“to kill (archaic or southern Italy)”) + cani (“dogs”).

(regional, southern Italy) Synonym of piviere dorato


colubrinetta

colubrina (“culverin”) + -etta (diminutive suffix)

af

(historical) a smaller culverin (hand-held firearm)


colobrina

Colobrina da lire. 14. di longhezza piedi. 8. e meggio, vol di metallo lire. 2233. et per condurla buovi para.

1554, Niccolò Tartaglia, “Libro primo - Quesito undecimo [First Book - Eleventh question]”, in Quesiti et inventioni diverse:

An 8½-feet-long 14-pound culverin needs 2233 pounds of metal, and prepare oxen to move it.

ne furono fatti 110. pezzi d’artiglieria fra colobrine, cannoni, falconi, falconetti, petardi, ed altri strumenti

1784, Carlo Fea, Dissertazione sulle rovine di Roma, page 408, collected in Storia delle arti del disegno presso gli antichi - Tomo terzo:

110 pieces of artillery were made from that, including culverins, cannons, falcons, falconets, and other instruments

Alternative form of colubrina (“culverin”)


inverno nucleare

it-noun

inverno nucleare m (plural inverni nucleari)


arma inastata

arma inastata f (plural armi inastate or (archaic) arme inastate)

armi inastate (plural)
arme inastate (archaic plural)

QVeﬅo ſie uno contraﬅo, che chi haueſſe la ſpada da due mano , e vn’altro haueſſe vn arma inaﬅata

1536, Achille Marozzo, “Esordio, o vero amaestramento de spada da due mane contra arme inastate [Preface (or Teachings on a two-handed sword against polearms)]”, Libro quarto, il qual tratta de l'arme inastate [Fourth book, which deals with polearms], in Opera nova chiamata Duello, overo Fiore dell’armi, de' singulari Abbatimenti offensivi, et diffensivi [New work titled Duel, or The best of weapons, of offensive and defensive singular takedowns], Modena, page 70:

This is a clash in which one has a two-handed sword, and the other has a polearm

dicendo queﬅo, accoﬅatoſegli, gli diede d’vna mano sù ’l volto, & in vn medeſimo tempo vſciti alcuni huomini dalla caſa d’eſſo Brianzo con armi inaﬅate, circondarono Papio

1603, Giovanni Battista Olevano, “Caso XII [Case 12]”, Libro secondo [Second book], in Trattato nel quale col mezzo di cinquanta casi vien posto in atto prattico il modo di ridurre a pace ogni sorte di privata inimicizia, nata per cagion d'onore [Treatise wherein, through fifty cases, the way is put into practice to lead to peace any sort of personal enmity born for matters of honour], Venice: Giacobo Antonio Somasco, page 49:

As he said this, he got closer to him, he slapped him in his face, and at the same time some men, having come out of the house of said Brianzo with polearms, surrounded Papio

Trieﬅe Città Imperiale,porta d’argento con due faſcie roſse, e ſopra il tutto vn ferro di Alebarda, ò arma inaﬅata in forma di Giglio nero.

1686, Cavalier de Beatiano, Il Mercurio araldico in Italia, Venice: Nicolò Pezzana, page 36:

Trieste, imperial city, shows a silver-coloured [coat of arms] with two red stripes, and over it all the head of a halberd, or a polearm, shaped like a black lily.

Allora il prete incomincia a menar l'arma inastata, tentando di ferire alcun degli avversari

1894, “Memorie sul comune e sull’antica chiesa abbaziale di Villanova [Memoirs on the comune and the old abbatial church of Villanova]”, in Archivio storico per la città e comuni del circondario di Lodi [Historical archive for the city and comuni of the district of Lodi], volume 13, number 1, Tipografia Quirico e Camagni, section IX, page 126:

Then the priest starts swinging the polearm, trying to wound some of the opponents