# gladius

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɡlæd.i.əs/ · frequency rank #98,164

## Definitions
1. A Roman sword roughly two feet long.
2. A pen, a hard internal bodypart of certain cephalopods, made of chitin-like material.

## Etymology
From Latin gladius (“Roman short sword, gladius”). Doublet of glaive.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/gladius