gaesum

gaesum, less correctly gēsum, i, n. [Celtic],

• a long, heavy javelin of the Gauls; Gr. γαισός or γαῖσον (syn.: dolo, sarissa, sparus, lancea), Caes. B. G. 3, 4, 1; Liv. 8, 8, 5; 9, 36, 6; 26, 6, 5; Varr. ap. Non. 555, 13; Verg. A. 8, 662; Sen. Hipp. 111; cf.: gaesum grave jaculum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 99 Müll. N. cr.—In poets the weapon of the Africans, Sil. 2, 444; of the Greeks, Stat. Th. 4, 64.

gaesum, ī, n. (keltisches Wort), ein schwerer eiserner Wurfspieß, dessen sich besonders die Alpenvölker, aber auch andere Völkerschaften bedienten (vgl. Charis. 33, 29), Varro de vit. P. R. 3. fr. 14 (bei Non. 555, 12). Caes. b. G. 3, 4, 1 (dazu Schneider). Liv. 8, 8, 5 u. ö. Verg. Aen. 8, 662. Prop. 4, 10, 42. Stat. Theb. 4, 64. Sil . 2, 444. – ➳ gēsum geschr., Paul. ex Fest. 99, 2: u. gessum, Gloss. IV, 597, 13 u. ö.

gaesum [CL] 1 Gallic javelin; b (fig.). ~a, hastae Gallorum GlC G 37.  b bellator Christi sed mox umbone retundit / gessa tristitiae—pariter genus omne mucronum—/ quae mentem stimulare solent Aldh. VirgV 2649. 2 gisarme, long-shafted battleaxe. 11‥ hoc ~um i. gisarme WW Sup. 60; de Mida plane quidam memoratur inane / posset ab illesa glacie prevertere gesa R. Cant. Malch. II 244; torte, quartine, venabula, gesa sudesque D. Bec. 1874; hec †gera [? l. gesa], gisarme Gl. AN Ox. 126; s1251 gestabant ‥ gladios, bipennes, ~a, sicas et anelacios M. Par. Maj. V 248; s1256 (v. gavelocus 1); Romani nova pila parant, Germania cudit / enses, in Persas Gallia gesa novat Garl. Tri. Eccl. 28 (cf. ib. 61: gesa recurva); nomina armorum: ‥ hec ~a, A. gysserne ‥ jesa, A. a gesarme, ‥ hec ~a, A. a gysyryne; non amat ille Jesum qui fert ad prelia gesam WW.

gæsum, (13) v. gæsa.

gaesum (gēs-) ī, n

• Celtic, a heavy iron javelin(of the Gauls), Cs., L., V.

GAESUM

GAESUM[HASTA]

Gaesum

(γαῖσον). A very strong and weighty javelin, which appears to have been made, both head and stock, of solid iron (Poll.vii. 156), and to have been employed as a missile rather than as a spear, each warrior carrying two as his complement (Varr. ap. Non. s. v. p. 555). The weapon was of Gallic origin (Verg. Aen. viii. 662); though it was sometimes used by the Romans, the Iberians, the Carthaginians (Livy, xxvi. 6), and the Greeks. See Hasta.