LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

gladiātūra

gladiātūra f (genitive gladiātūrae)
Classical[ɡɫa.di.aːˈtuː.ra]Ecclesiastical[ɡla.di.aˈtuː.ra]

Meaning

  1. a fight of gladiators
  2. the life of a gladiator; the profession of a gladiator

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegladiātūragladiātūrae
genitivegladiātūraegladiātūrārum
dativegladiātūraegladiātūrīs
accusativegladiātūramgladiātūrās
ablativegladiātūrāgladiātūrīs
vocativegladiātūragladiātūrae

glădĭātūra, ae, f. gladius, gladiator,
I. a fighting of gladiators, or their profession (post-Aug. and very rare): adduntur e servitiis gladiaturae destinati, Tac. A. 3, 43: ut requiem gladiaturae haberet, Schol. Juv. 6, 105; Firm. 5, 27.

Origins

From gladiātor + -tūra. For the formation, compare praetor and praetūra.

In English words that came into English from gladiātūra

  • gladiaturegladiātūra

Quick answers

What does gladiātūra mean in Latin?
gladiātūra, a noun, means “a fight of gladiators; the life of a gladiator; the profession of a gladiator”.
What is the genitive of gladiātūra?
The genitive singular is gladiātūrae. gladiātūra is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce gladiātūra?
In classical Latin, [ɡɫa.di.aːˈtuː.ra]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ɡla.di.aˈtuː.ra].