I.a sword (ante-class. and post-Aug.): machaera atque hasta, Enn. ap Fest. s. v. redhostire, p. 270 Müll. (Trag. v. 212 Müll.): succincti corda machaeris, id. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 9, 678 (Ann. v. 392 ib.): “eia machaeras,” id. ib. 9, 38 (Ann. v. 585 ib.); Plaut. Curc. 3, 54: “ni hebes machaera foret,” id. Mil. 1, 1, 53; Sen. Ben. 5, 24 fin.; Suet. Claud. 15.—A weapon, in mal. part., Plaut. Ps. 4, 7, 85.
măchaera , ae, f., = μάχαιρα,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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