noun · masculinefirst declension
andā̆bata
andā̆bata m (genitive andā̆batae)
Classical[anˈdaː.ba.ta]Ecclesiastical[anˈdaː.ba.ta]
Meaning
- uncommona gladiator who fought wearing a helmet without openings for the eyes
Sed tū in rē mīlitārī multō es cautior quam in advocātiōnibus, quī neque in Ōceanō natāre voluerīs studiōsissimus homō natandī neque spectāre essedāriōs, quem anteā nē andabatā quidem dēfraudāre poterāmus. Sed iam satis iocātī sumus.
But you're much more cautious in military concerns than in counsel, who neither wished to swim in the Ocean, a man so keen on swimming, nor to watch those charioteers, whom we could not deprive before even of the enjoyment of a blindfolded gladiator. But we've already joked enough.62 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad familiares 7.10
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | andābata | andābatae |
| genitive | andābatae | andābatārum |
| dative | andābatae | andābatīs |
| accusative | andābatam | andābatās |
| ablative | andābatā | andābatīs |
| vocative | andābata | andābatae |
andābătă, ae, m.,
I. a kind of Roman gladiator, whose helmet was without openings for the eyes, and who therefore fought blindfolded for the amusement of spectators, * Cic. Fam. 7, 10 Manut.:
more andabatarum, Hier. adv. Helv. 3; id. adv. Jov. 1, 36; cf. Inscr. Orell. 2577. Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
andabata ae, m
a gladiator, who fought blindfold.
Origins
Unknown. One proposed source is Ancient Greek ἀναβάτης (anabátēs, “mounted one, horseman, rider”). Another proposed source is the Celtic language Gaulish, from an unattested compound word derived from the same root as Indo-Iranian *andʰás (“blind, dark”) combined with a second element that could either be related to battuo or derive from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂- (“to go”), which gave rise in some Celtic languages to words related to death such as Old Irish atbaill (“perish, die”).
Descendants
- Polishandabata