"glavus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

Etymology: From a crossing of Latin gladius (“sword”) and either clāva (“club”) or Proto-Celtic *kladiwos, although von Wartburg finds the latter possibility unlikely. Attested between the third and the sixth centuries CE. Head templates: {{la-noun|glā̆vus<2>}} glā̆vus m (genitive glā̆vī); second declension, {{tlb|la|LL.}} (Late Latin) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|glā̆vus<2>}} Forms: glā̆vus [canonical, masculine], glā̆vī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], glā̆vus [nominative, singular], glā̆vī [nominative, plural], glā̆vī [genitive, singular], glā̆vōrum [genitive, plural], glā̆vō [dative, singular], glā̆vīs [dative, plural], glā̆vum [accusative, singular], glā̆vōs [accusative, plural], glā̆vō [ablative, singular], glā̆vīs [ablative, plural], glā̆ve [singular, vocative], glā̆vī [plural, vocative]
  1. a sort of weapon Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2
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    }
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    },
    {
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      "word": "glavi"
    }
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      "source": "declension",
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  ],
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}

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