• n. 斗劍者；古羅馬公開表演的格斗者；爭論者

來自PIE*kel, 砍，切，詞源同clone, claymore.

gladiator

gladiator: [16] The main Latin word for ‘sword’ was gladius. It was probably borrowed from a Celtic word, in which case its relatives would include Irish claideb, Welsh cleddyf, and Scots Gaelic claidheamh (which with the addition of mór ‘great’ produced English claymore [18]). Among its derivatives were gladiātor, literally ‘swordsman’, and gladiolus, literally ‘little sword’, acquired by English in the 16th century.
=> claymore, gladiolus

gladiator (n.)

mid-15c., "Roman swordsman," from Latin gladiator (fem. gladiatrix) "fighter in the public games; swordsman," from gladius "sword" (there is no verb *gladiare), which probably is from Gaulish (compare Welsh cleddyf, Cornish clethe, Breton kleze "sword;" see claymore). Old Irish claideb is from Welsh.

The close connection with Celtic words for 'sword', together with the imperfect match of initial consonants, and the semantic field of weaponry, suggests that Latin borrowed a form *gladio- or *kladio- (a hypothetical variant of attested British Celtic *kladimo- 'sword') from [Proto-Celtic] or from a third language. [de Vaan]

1. A blush mantled over the bronzed cheek of the gladiator.

斗士古銅色的臉膛頓時漲得通紅.

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2. Isabel looked a moment at the vanquished gladiator.

伊莎貝爾望了一眼那個打敗的角斗士.

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3. That is the true gladiator feeling.

這是真正的斗士的氣魄.

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4. Gladiator, my cat, frightened me as he meowed his sad song.

“喵喵”, 是我的那只貓“斗士”, 他凄慘的叫聲著實嚇了我一跳.

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5. There is an old painting I did of a gladiator crouching.

如果對你來說,它看起來錯誤,它就是錯了,我曾經畫過一幅格斗者俯行的畫.

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