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amenta (<projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant>, <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Leather thongs, Greco-Etruscan in origin and adopted by the Romans, attached to the shafts of javelins and used to throw them with more propulsion than was possible by hand alone.
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| amenta (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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| amenta (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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| amentum (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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| amentum (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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| amentums (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| ammae (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| ammenta (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| ammentums (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
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| amientos (C,U,Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
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| amiento (C,U,Spanish,AD,U,SN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TK |
Hierarchical Position:
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Objects Facet |
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.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Weapons and Ammunition (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ weapons (G) |
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................ projectile weapons (G) |
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.................... <projectile weapons with nonexplosive propellant> (G) |
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........................ <projectile launchers with nonexplosive propellant> (G) |
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............................ amenta (G) |
Additional Notes: |
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| Dutch ..... Leren riemen die aan de schachten van werpsperen werden vastgemaakt en werden gebruikt bij het werpen, waardoor de speren krachtiger werden geworpen dan met alleen de hand mogelijk was geweest; van Grieks-Etruskische origine en later overgenomen door de Romeinen. |
| Spanish ..... Correas de cuero de origen greco-etruscas y adoptadas por los romanos, sujetas a las astas de las jabalinas y usadas para lanzarlas con más fuerza propulsora de la que era posible con la mano solamente. |
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