What is the meaning of Ensis?

plural of ensi

sword, brand

war

defender

royal sway

the constellation Orion

1 2 De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “ēnsis”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 190

1 2 Olav Hackstein, Jared L. Miller, Elisabeth Rieken, editors (2017–), “Palaic ḫašīra- ‘blade’”, in Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of the Minor Ancient Anatolian Corpus Languages (eDiAna)‎, München & Marburg

↑ Höfler, Stefan (2025), “Rix’s Law in Latin and the Etymology of īnfula ‘band, bandage”, in Pultrová, Lucie, Vaníková, Martina, editors, Exploring Latin: Structures, Functions, Meaning: Volume I: Word. Volume II: Clause and Discourse‎, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, →DOI, page 11 of 1-14

↑ Schrijver, Peter C. H. (1991), The reflexes of the Proto-Indo-European laryngeals in Latin (Leiden studies in Indo-European; 2), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 63

↑ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), “*h_2/3ṇsis”, in Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 561

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