单词 | hastary |
释义 | hastaryn.α. 1500s–1700s 1900s– hastaries (plural), 1800s– hastary (in dictionaries). β. 1500s– hastarii (plural), 1600s hastarij (plural), 1800s– hastarius (rare). Roman History. A soldier occupying the front line of the ancient Roman army, and armed with a spear (or, in later times, a sword). Usually in plural. Cf. hastate n. ΚΠ 1589 P. Ive tr. R. Beccarie de Pavie Instr. Warres ii. x. 120 Before the first rankes of the Hastaries [Fr. Hastaires]. 1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xxvii. i. 156 The king of those regiments of the enemies, with some few taken by the Hastarij [L. Ascariis]. 1687 D. Abercromby Academia Scientiarum vi. 40 1200 of every one of the three other sorts, to wit, of Princes, Hastaries, and Velites. 1712 H. Curzon Universal Libr. II. 218 Those that were somewhat above them, upon the account of their Age and Riches, were Hastaries, (or Halberdiers). 1761 Ess. Art War 124 There were 600 Triarii, 1200 Principes, as many Hastarii. 1852 Dublin Univ. Mag. Oct. 416/2 The Hastarii stood in front. 1908 B. E. Sargeaunt Weapons iii. 28 They consisted of..‘Hastarii’ (spearmen). 2001 N. Taunton 1590s Drama & Militarisation ii. ii. 121 The order of battle could be reformed, using the tried and true Roman model of hastaries, princes and triaries. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589 |
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