phalangiten.

Brit.

/fəˈlan(d)ʒʌɪt/, U.S.

/fəˈlænˌdʒaɪt/,

/feɪˈlænˌdʒaɪt/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phalangītes.

Etymology: < classical Latin phalangītes soldier belonging to a phalanx (Livy; only recorded in plural phalangītae ) < Hellenistic Greek ϕαλαγγίτης < ancient Greek ϕαλαγγ- , ϕάλαγξ phalanx n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. Compare French phalangite (1730), Italian falangite (14th cent. in a translation of Livy).Compare earlier unassimilated loan of classical Latin phalangītae, plural:1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvii. cxl. 967 Hee had of Macedonians sixteene thousand footemen, heavily armed after their manner, called Phalangitæ.

Ancient Greek History.

A soldier belonging to a phalanx.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > Roman or Greek soldier of specific type of unit > [noun]

legionary1536

legioner1552

vexillary1591

vexillary soldier1591

phalangite1758

hypaspista1827

manipular1858

1758 T. Leland Hist. Reign Philip King of Macedon 52 The space between each Phalangite, on their march..was four cubits.

1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlviii. 147 The phalangite soldier wore the usual defensive armour of the Greek heavy infantry.

1890 Classical Rev. 4 71/2 To the phalangite at all times and to the legionary, when not in action, 3 ft. of space was allowed, of which the man himself occupied 1½ ft.

1941 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 31 173 What we know is that Alexander on his two great forced marches..took phalangites and not hypaspists.

1997 Classical Rev. 47 285 Philip favoured the so-called Laconian countermarch..in which the phalangites withdrew one-by-one, marching rearward down the aisles between the files to re-form behind their initial position.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phalangite
释义	phalangiten. Brit. /fəˈlan(d)ʒʌɪt/, U.S. /fəˈlænˌdʒaɪt/, /feɪˈlænˌdʒaɪt/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin phalangītes. Etymology: < classical Latin phalangītes soldier belonging to a phalanx (Livy; only recorded in plural phalangītae ) < Hellenistic Greek ϕαλαγγίτης < ancient Greek ϕαλαγγ- , ϕάλαγξ phalanx n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. Compare French phalangite (1730), Italian falangite (14th cent. in a translation of Livy).Compare earlier unassimilated loan of classical Latin phalangītae, plural:1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxvii. cxl. 967 Hee had of Macedonians sixteene thousand footemen, heavily armed after their manner, called Phalangitæ. Ancient Greek History. A soldier belonging to a phalanx. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > Roman or Greek soldier of specific type of unit > [noun] legionary1536 legioner1552 vexillary1591 vexillary soldier1591 phalangite1758 hypaspista1827 manipular1858 1758 T. Leland Hist. Reign Philip King of Macedon 52 The space between each Phalangite, on their march..was four cubits. 1839 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VI. xlviii. 147 The phalangite soldier wore the usual defensive armour of the Greek heavy infantry. 1890 Classical Rev. 4 71/2 To the phalangite at all times and to the legionary, when not in action, 3 ft. of space was allowed, of which the man himself occupied 1½ ft. 1941 Jrnl. Rom. Stud. 31 173 What we know is that Alexander on his two great forced marches..took phalangites and not hypaspists. 1997 Classical Rev. 47 285 Philip favoured the so-called Laconian countermarch..in which the phalangites withdrew one-by-one, marching rearward down the aisles between the files to re-form behind their initial position. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1758
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