Definition of Gladiolus
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LNS
Gladiolus, Gladiolī
gladiolus
noun (m., 2nd declension)
  1. title of a comedy by Livius Andronicus
  2. The sword-lily
Abbreviations
gladiolus, i, m. dim. gladius. A small sword: lingulam veteres dixere gladiolum oblongum, in speciem linguae factum, Gell. 10, 25, 3: gladiolo solito cinctus, App. M. 2, p. 122; 3, p. 131.

In plur. heterocl. gladiola: nec gladiola (quisquam ferat), atqui Messala dixit, Quint. 1, 6, 42 (cf. gladius init.).

— Gladiolus, i, title of a comedy by Livius Andronicus, Fest. s. v. pedibus, p. 210 b. Mull.

— The sword-lily, Plin. 21, 11, 38, § 65; 21, 17, 67, § 107 sq.; al. Pall. 1, 37.
 
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