The warriors themselves

arma, ōrum, n. ( gen. plur. armūm, Pac. ap. Cic. Or. 46, 155; Att. ap. Non. p. 495, 23, considered by Cic. in the connection armūm judicium as less correct than armorum) [cf. ARÔ, arariskô = to fit; arthron = joint; harmos = armus = joint, shoulder; artaô = artio, arto = to fit, to fit in closely; artios = fit, exact; artus = close, narrow; ars (artis) = the craft of fitting things; artifex, artificium; Goth. arms = O. H. Germ. aram = Engl. arm; Sanscr. ar = to hit upon, attain; aram = fit, fast; īrmas = arm. Curt.].

Lit.

1.. What is fitted to the body for its protection, defensive armor, as the shield, coat of mail, helmet, etc.:

tot milia armorum, detracta corporibus hostium,

Liv. 45, 39:

induere arma,

id. 30, 31:

arma his imperata, galea, clipeum, ocreae, lorica, omnia ex aere,

id. 1, 43:

pictis et auro caelatis refulgens armis,

id. 7, 10. —

Specifically, a shield:

at Lausum socii exanimem super arma ferebant,

on a shield, Verg. A. 10, 841:

caelestia arma, quae ancilia appellantur,

Liv. 1, 20 (v. ancile); id. 8, 30; 1, 37; cf. Verg. A. 1, 119 Heyne; Tac. G. 11 Rup.; Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 43:

Aeneas se collegit in arma,

gathered himself under his shield, Verg. A. 12, 491.—Hence, in a more extended sense,

Implements of war, arms, both of defence and offence (but of the latter only those which are used in close contest, such as the sword, axe, club; in distinction from tela, which are used in contest at a distance; hence, arma and tela are often contrasted; v. the foll., and cf. Bremi and Dähne ad Nep. Dat. 11, 3): arma rigent, horrescunt tela, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4; id. ap. Non. p. 469, 26:

arma alia ad tegendum, alia ad nocendum,

Cic. Caec. 21:

armis condicione positis aut defetigatione abjectis aut victoriā detractis,

id. Fam. 6, 2:

illum dicis cum armis aureis, Quoius etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 16:

ibi Simul rem et gloriam armis belli repperi,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 60:

arma antiqua manus, ungues dentesque fuerunt Et lapides, et item, silvarum fragmina, ramei,

Lucr. 5, 1283; so,

Mutum et turpe pecus (i. e. primeval man), glandem et cubilia propter Unguibus et pugnis, dein fustibus, atque ita porro Pugnabant armis, quae post fabricaverat usus,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 100 sqq.:

capere,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 53, 153; id. Phil. 4, 3, 7; id. Rab. Perd. 6 and 7:

sumere,

id. Planc. 36, 88 Wund.; id. Tusc. 2, 24, 58; Vulg. Gen. 27, 3; ib. 3 Reg. 22, 30:

accipere, ib. Judith, 14, 2: adprehendere,

ib. Psa. 34, 2:

resumere,

Suet. Calig. 48:

aptare,

Liv. 5, 49:

induere,

id. 30, 31; Ov. M. 14, 798; id. F. 1, 521; Verg. A. 11, 83; Luc. 1, 126:

accingi armis,

Verg. A. 6, 184, and Vulg. Jud. 18, 11:

armis instructus,

ib. Deut. 1, 41; ib. 1 Par. 12, 13:

concitare ad arma,

Caes. B. G. 7, 42:

descendere ad arma,

id. ib. 7, 33:

vocare ad arma,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21:

vocare in arma,

Verg. A. 9, 22:

ferre contra aliquem,

Vell. 2, 56:

decernere armis,

Cic. Att. 7, 3:

armis cum hoste certare,

id. Off. 3, 22, 87; so,

saevis armis,

Verg. A. 12, 890:

dimicare armis cum aliquo,

Nep. Milt. 1, 2:

esse in armis,

Caes. B. G. 1, 49; Suet. Caes. 69:

ponere, abicere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 2:

relinquere,

Liv. 2, 10:

tradere,

Nep. Ham. 1, 5; Suet. Vit. 10:

amittere,

Verg. A. 1, 474:

proicere,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 5, 43;

7, 44: deripere militibus,

Hor. C. 3, 5, 19:

dirimere,

Luc. 1, 104 et saep.—Hence, arma virosque, per arma, per viros, etc., Liv. 8, 25; 8, 30 al.; v. Burm. ad Verg. A. 1, 1, and cf. Liv. 9, 24:

tela et arma: armorum atque telorum portationes,

Sall. C. 42, 2; Liv. 1, 25; Col. 12, 3; Tac. G. 29 and 33:

armis et castris, prov. (like remis velisque, viris equisque),

with vigor, with might and main, Cic. Off. 2, 24, 84.—

Trop., means of protection, defence, weapons:

tenere semper arma (sc. eloquentiae), quibus vel tectus ipse esse possis, vel, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 1, 8, 32:

prudentiae,

id. ib. 1, 38, 172:

senectutis,

id. Lael. 4. 9:

tectus Vulcaniis armis, id est fortitudine,

id. Tusc. 2, 14, 33:

eloquentiae,

Quint. 5, 12, 21:

facundiae,

id. 2, 16, 10:

justitiae,

Vulg. Rom. 6, 13; ib. 2 Cor. 6, 7:

arma lucis,

ib. Rom. 13, 12:

horriferum contra Borean ovis arma ministret, i. e. lanas,

Ov. M. 15, 471:

haec mihi Stertinius arma (i. e. praecepta) dedit,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 297; cf. id. Ep. 1, 16, 67:

arma militiae nostrae non carnalia sunt,

Vulg. 2 Cor. 10, 4.

War (once in opp. to pax, v. infra):

silent leges inter arma,

Cic. Mil. 4, 10; id. Att. 7, 3, 5:

arma civilia,

civil war, id. Fam. 2, 16, and Tac. A. 1, 9:

civilia arma,

id. Agr. 16; id. G. 37 (otherwise, bella civilia, Cic. Off. 1, 25, 86, and Tac. Agr. 13):

ab externis armis otium erat,

Liv. 3, 14; 9, 1; 3, 69 Drak.; 9, 32; 42, 2; Tac. H. 2, 1 al.:

a Rubro Mari arma conatus sit inferre Italiae,

Nep. Hann. 2, 1 (for which more freq. bellum inferre alicui, v. infero):

ad horrida promptior arma,

Ov. M. 1, 126:

qui fera nuntiet arma,

id. ib. 5, 4;

14, 479: compositis venerantur armis,

Hor. C. 4, 14, 52. So the beginning of the Æneid: Arma virumque cano; cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 7:

melius visum Gallos novam gentem pace potius cognosci quam armis,

Liv. 5, 35 fin.; cf.:

cedant arma togae,

Cic. Off. 1, 22, 76.—Also for battle, contest:

in arma feror,

Verg. A. 2, 337; so id. ib. 2, 655.—

(Abstr. for concr.) The warriors themselves, soldiers, troops:

nulla usquam apparuerunt arma,

Liv. 41, 12:

nostro supplicio liberemus Romana arma, i. e. Romanum exercitum,

id. 9, 9; 21, 26:

Hispanias armis non ita redundare,

Tac. H. 2, 32:

expertem frustra belli et neutra arma secutum,

neither party, Ov. M. 5, 91: auxiliaria arma, auxiliaries, auxiliary troops = auxiliares (v. auxiliaris, I.), id. ib. 6, 424; cf. id. ib. 14, 528.—

Transf., poet. (like hoplon and entea in Gr.), implements, instruments, tools, utensils, in gen. Of implements for grinding and baking:

Cerealia arma,

the arms of Ceres, Verg. A. 1, 177 (cf. Hom. Od. 7, 232: entea daitos). —Of implements of agriculture, Ov. M. 11, 35:

dicendum est, quae sint duris agrestibus arma, Quīs sine nec potuere seri nec surgere messes,

Verg. G. 1, 160.—Of the equipments, tackle of a ship ( mast, sails, rudder, etc.):

colligere arma jubet validisque incumbere remis,

Verg. A. 5, 15; 6, 353.—Hence used by Ovid for wings:

haec umeris arma parata suis, A. A. 2, 50 (cf. in the foll. verse: his patria est adeunda carinis).—And so of other instruments,

Mart. 14, 36.

πνέω, poet. πνείω as always in Hom. exc. Od.5.469: [tense] fut. πνεύσομαι ([etym.] ἐκ-) E.HF 886 (lyr.), ([etym.] ἐμ-) Id.Andr. 555, ([etym.] παρα-) Hp.Mul.2.133; also

A

πνευσοῦμαι Ar.Ra. 1221

, Arist.Mete. 367a13, Thphr.Sign.34, Palaeph.17;

πνεύσω Thphr.Sign.32

, LXXPs.147.7(18), Si.43.20, Gp. 1.12.34, AP9.112 (Antip.Thess.), ([etym.] ἀνα-) Q.S.13.516 ( συμ-πνευσόντων is f.l. in D.18.169): [tense] aor. 1

ἔπνευσα Hes.Op. 506

, Hdt.2.20, etc., ([etym.] ἐν-) Il.17.456, ([etym.] ἀν-) S.Aj. 274: [tense] pf. πέπνευκα ([etym.] ἐπι-) Pl.Phdr. 262d, ([etym.] ἐκ-) Arist.Pr. 904a1:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut. πνευσθήσομαι ([etym.] δια-) Aret.CA1.1: [tense] aor. ἐπνεύσθην ([etym.] δι-) Thphr.HP5.5.6, etc.—Hom. and early Prose writers use the simple Verb only in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., to which Trag. add [tense] fut. and [tense] aor. 1 [voice] Act.—For the form ἄμπνυε, v. ἀναπνέω; for ἀμπνύνθη, -πνυτο, v. ἄμπνυτο; and for [tense] pf. [voice] Pass. πέπνῡμαι, part. πεπνῡμένος, v. πέπνυμαι.—Like other disyll. Verbs in -έω, this Verb contracts only εε, εει; but ἐκπνέων is disyll. in A.Ag. 1493, 1517 (both lyr.):—blow, of wind and air,

οὐδέ ποτ' οὖροι πνείοντες φαίνονθ' Od.4.361

;

αὔρη δ' ἐκ ποταμοῦ ψυχρὴ πνέει 5.469

;

ἐτησίαι.. οὐκ ἔπνευσαν Hdt.2.20

, etc.; τῷ πνέοντι (sc. ἀνέμῳ or πνεύματι) Luc. Cont.3; ἡ πνέουσα (sc. αὔρα) Act.Ap.27.40; also of a flute-player,

μέγα πνέων Poll.4.72

; and of the flutes themselves,

αὐλοὺς ἡδὺ πνέοντας AP6.254

(Myrin.); πνεῖται flutes are sounding, Mnesim.4.57 (anap.).

II breathe, send forth an odour,

ἀμβροσίη.. ἡδὺ πνείουσα Od.4.446

; π. εὐῶδες, δυσῶδες, Poll.2.75, etc.: abs., Dsc.3.80.

2 c. acc., breathe out, send forth,

Ζεφύρου πνείοντος ἐέρσην Call.Ap. 82

.

3 c. gen., breathe or smell of a thing,

οὐ μύρου πνέον S.Fr. 565

;

τράγου π. AP11.240

(Lucill.);

μόγοιο Q.S.6.164

;

λύθρου καὶ αἵματος Id.5.120

( ἐπιπν- codd.): rarely c. dat.,

μύροισι π.

smell with..,

AP5.199

: freq. metaph., breathe, be redolent of,

Χαρίτων πνείοντα μέλη Simon.184.3

;

ὄμματα.. πόθου πνείοντα AP5.258

(Paul. Sil.); φόνου π. cj. in Tryph.505;

αὐθαδείας πολὺς ἔπνει D.H.7.51

.

III of perceptible breathing, [

ἵππω] πνείοντε κατ' ὤμων Il.13.385

;

π. ὕπνῳ A.Ch. 621

(lyr.).

IV generally, draw breath, breathe: hence, live, Il.17.447; οἱ πνέοντες, = οἱ ζῶντες, S.Tr. 1160;

ὄλβος ἀεὶ πνεῖ Simm.25.12

;

ἥμισύ μευ ψυχῆς ἔτι τὸ πνέον Call.Epigr.42

.

V metaph., c. acc. cogn., breathe forth, μένεα πνείοντες breathing spirit, epith. of warriors, Il.2.536,3.8, 11.508, etc.; so

πῦρ π. Hes.Th. 319

, Pi. Fr. 146;

φόνον δόμοι πνέουσιν A.Ag. 1309

;

κότον πνέων Id.Ch.34

(lyr.), cf. 951 (lyr.);

φρενὸς πνέων τροπαίαν Id.Ag. 219

(lyr.); Ἄρη πνεόντων ib. 376 (lyr.); πνέων χάριν τινί ib. 1206;

πῦρ πνειόντων.. ἄστρων S.Ant. 1146

(lyr.);

πῦρ π. καὶ φόνον E.IT 288

;

ὠδῖνας Id.HF 862

: paratrag. in Com.,

πνέοντας δόρυ καὶ λόγχας Ar.Ra. 1016

; τρέχει τις Ἀλφειὸν πνέων, of a swift runner, Id.Av. 1121, etc.; and in a rhetorical passage,

οἱ πῦρ πνέοντες, οἱ νενικηκότες Λακεδαιμονίους X.HG7.5.12

.

2 with neut. Adjs. or Prons., πνέοντες μεγάλα giving themselves airs, E.Andr. 189; τόσονδ' ἔπνευσας ib. 327;

κενεὰ πνεύσαις Pi.O.10(11).93

;

χαμηλὰ πνέων Id.P.11.30

: abs., ὑπὲρ σακέων πνείοντες breathing over their shields, i. e. unable to repress their rage for war, Hes.Sc. 24;

θρασείᾳ πνέων καρδίᾳ Pi.P.10.44

: with nom.,

Ἄρης.. μέγας πνέων E.Rh. 323

;

πολὺς ἔπνει καὶ λαμπρός D.25.57

;

οὗτος.. καικίας ἢ συκοφαντίας πνεῖ Ar.Eq. 437

; ᾧ σὺ μὴ πνεύσῃς ἐνδέξιος on whom thou breathest not favourably, Call.Epigr.10.3.

(-s, -ar), m.

1) spear;

2) the point of an anvil (nefsteði).

* * *

m. [A. S. gâr; Hel. gêr; O. H. G. keir, whence kesja, q. v.; cp. also Lat. gaesum, a Teut.-Lat. word]:—a spear, Edda 41, Fms. i. 177, Hm. 15, 37, Hkv. 1. 15, Hbl. 40; Odin is represented wielding a geir, called Gungnir, as are also the Valkyrjur; marka sik geirs-oddi, to mark oneself in the breast with a spear’s point, so as to make blood flow, was a heathen rite whereby warriors on their death-bed devoted themselves to Odin; it was the common belief that a man who died a natural death was not admitted into Valhalla after death; this rite is only mentioned in mythical Sagas such as Yngl. S. ch. 10; cp. also Gautr. S. ch. 7.—þá stakk Starkaðr sprotanum á konungi ok mælti, nú gef ek þik Óðni: the origin of this rite is in Hm., where Odin himself is represented as hanging on the tree Yggdrasil ‘wounded with a spear and given to Odin, myself to myself;’ some trace it to a Christian origin, which is not very likely. Again, the cruel blóðörn (q. v.) is no doubt connected with this kind of sacrifice to Odin.

II. a pr. name, and also in many compds, Sig-geirr, Þór-geirr, Ás-geirr, Vé-geirr ( the holy spear), and Geir-hildr, Geir-ríðr, Geir-mundr, Geir-laug, Geir-röðr, and many others, vide Landn. Geira, u, f. a pr. name, Landn.

n. N. of the 10th book of the Mahā-bhārata (describing how the three surviving Kuru warriors, Aṡvatthāman, Kṛita-varman, andﾠ Kṛipa, after the destruction of their army, attacked the camp of the Pāṇḍavas by night andﾠ murdered them while asleep;

to take something without the owner's permission; to seize something forcibly.

ra'u maahu, ancient expression, literally: to appropriate the steam ( maahu) of the food just taken out of an earth oven. It refers to intruders coming to help themselves uninvited. Warriors off to a battle used to be told: E ra'u maahu no koe, o pagaha'a! meaning: "Eat little, lest you be heavy (and lose your agility)."

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[Swahili Word] mpiganaji

[Swahili Plural] wapiganaji

[English Word] fighter

[English Plural] fighters

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] piga

[Swahili Example] Lazima waweko raia kwa mamia wanaojishughulisha na kutengeneza viatu na nguo za askari, na chakula cha wapiganaji,... [Nyerere, Masomo 276]

[English Example] There must be hundreds of citizens who concern themselves with making shoes and clothing for the soldiers, and food for the fighters,...

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[Swahili Word] mpiganaji

[Swahili Plural] wapiganaji

[English Word] warrior

[English Plural] warriors

[Part of Speech] noun

[Class] 1/2

[Derived Word] piga

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