“sword” in Latin

gladius: ensis (in poetry, for the sword wielded by heroes; and in Livy, for that of a gigantic Gaul): spatha (a long and very broad sword, such as those of the Gauls, Britons, and Germans; not used by the Romans till the times of the emperors): acinaces (ἀκινάκης, scimitar of the Persians, Medes, Scythians, etc.): ferrum (iron; used, like our “steel,” metonymy, for sword): mucro (point of the sword; hence, by metonymy, for the whole sword, with reference to its point and sharpness; but only in the higher styles of composition, and in suitable phrases; e.g., to fix or plunge one’s sword into anybody’s body, mucronem figere in aliquo, Quint.). To have a sword by one’s side, gladio (or ense, or acinace, spatha, ferro) succinctum esse: to lay aside one’s sword, latus gladio (or ense, etc.) succinctum nudare: to draw one’s sword, gladium (or ensem, etc.) vagina educere; or only gladium educere; gladium stringere or destringere (poetical nudare): to sheathe one’s sword, gladium (or ensem, etc.) in vaginam recondere: to seize one’s sword (for defence), arma capere: to settle a dispute with the sword, aliquid gladio decernere: to let the sword settle a dispute, rem gladio gerere: to perish by the sword, hostium gladio or manibus perire: to perish either by the sword or by famine, vel hostium ferro vel inopia interire: with fire and sword, ferro ignique, ferro atque igni; ferro flammaque; ferro, igni, quacunque vi (seldom in the reverse order; but Cic., Phil., 13, 21, 47, has igni ferroque): to conquer anybody sword in hand, aliquem manu superare: the hilt of a sword, capulus: the blade, lamina: the point, mucro: the sheath, vagina: the belt, balteus: a stroke with a sword, ictus gladii: sword-bearer, *qui gladium fert.