"gladiolus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ɡɫaˈdi.ɔ.ɫʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ɡlaˈd̪iː.o.lus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Diminutive of gladius (“sword”) + -olus. Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|gladius|olus|gloss1=sword}} gladius (“sword”) + -olus Head templates: {{la-noun|gladiolus<2>}} gladiolus m (genitive gladiolī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|gladiolus<2>}} Forms: gladiolī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], gladiolus [nominative, singular], gladiolī [nominative, plural], gladiolī [genitive, singular], gladiolōrum [genitive, plural], gladiolō [dative, singular], gladiolīs [dative, plural], gladiolum [accusative, singular], gladiolōs [accusative, plural], gladiolō [ablative, singular], gladiolīs [ablative, plural], gladiole [singular, vocative], gladiolī [plural, vocative]
  1. Little sword, knife Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-gladiolus-la-noun-2~0GWEii
  2. Sword lily, gladiolus. Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-gladiolus-la-noun-hF3yxbdh Categories (other): Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Latin terms suffixed with -olus, Flowers Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 2 47 5 46 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 42 3 54 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 40 60 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -olus: 7 93 Disambiguation of Flowers: 7 93

Inflected forms

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