Something described as hastate would ne shaped like which weapon?
"Leaves: Petioles are long, spongy, sheathed at the bases, and of varying lengths, from 15 cm (""Zantedeschia rehmannii"") to 1.5 m (""Zantedeschia aethiopica""). The lamina is simple, elongated, and coriaceous with a variety of shapes, including triangular, oval (ovate), with or without a point (elliptic), heart-shaped (cordate), spear-shaped (hastate), lance-shaped (lanceolate), oblong, or circular (orbicular). 15–60 cm in length, 5–25 cm in width. The leaves are dark green in colour, feather-veined (pinnate), and may be erect or spreading with undulate margins. Some species exhibit transparent flecking (maculation), and are therefore described as maculate, while others are immaculate. (see Table I,"
"Hasta (spear) Hasta (plural: ""hastae"") is a Latin word meaning ""spear"". ""Hastae"" were carried by early Roman legionaries, in particular they were carried by and gave their name to those Roman soldiers known as ""hastati"". However, during republican times, the ""hastati"" were re-armed with ""pila"" and ""gladii"" and the ""hasta"" was only retained by the ""triarii"". Unlike the ""pilum"", ""verutum"" and ""lancea"", the ""hasta"" was not thrown, but used for thrusting. A ""hasta"" was about in length, with a shaft generally made from ash, while the head was of iron. A little spear with which a bride's hair was parted"
"Machete A machete (; ) is a broad blade used either as an implement like an axe, or in combat like a short sword. The blade is typically long and usually under thick. In the Spanish language, the word is a diminutive form of the word ""macho"", which was used to refer to sledgehammers. In the English language, an equivalent term is matchet, though it is less commonly used. In the English-speaking Caribbean, such as Jamaica, Barbados, Guyana, and Grenada and in Trinidad and Tobago, the term ""cutlass"" is used for these agricultural tools. In various tropical and subtropical countries,"
"Hastati Hastati (singular: ""Hastatus"") were a class of infantry employed in the armies of the early Roman Republic who originally fought as spearmen, and later as swordsmen. These soldiers were the staple unit after Rome threw off Etruscan rule. They were originally some of the poorest men in the legion, and could afford only modest equipment—light chainmail and other miscellaneous equipment. The Senate supplied their soldiers with only a short stabbing sword, the gladius, and their distinctive squared shield, the scuta. The ""hastatus"" was typically equipped with these, and one or two soft iron tipped throwing spears called pila. This"
"Shorter weapons (short swords and possibly sometimes daggers) were known as ""semispathae"" or half-swords. A large 3rd-century hoard from Künzing included one triangular-bladed short sword and several narrow-bladed short swords (with 23–39 cm blades). Bishop and Coulston suggest that some or all were made from broken ""spathae"". ""Hasta"" is a Latin word meaning a thrusting spear. ""Hastae"" were carried by early Roman legionaries(""camillan""); in particular they were carried by and gave their name to those Roman soldiers known as ""hastati"". However, during republican times, the ""hastati"" were re-armed with ""pila"" and ""gladii"" and only the ""triarii"" still used ""hastae"". A"
"into locks. A spear, as a gymnastic weapon. The ""hasta pura"" was a spear without iron – presumably without the iron tip that was used in combat, or with the tip made of another material – that was awarded as a military decoration. ""Hastae"" were also used as signs that would be conventionally understood in Roman culture as announcing an auction. Hence, an auction was called a ""hasta"" and an auction-room a ""hastarium"". The Latin word ""hasta"" still exists in Portuguese with the same meaning, exists in French with the spelling ""haste"" and, having lost the aspiration, is used in"
"Italian and Spanish with the spelling ""asta"" and may have passed in modified form or meaning into other languages such as Albanian (""heshtë"", ""spear""). Hasta (spear) Hasta (plural: ""hastae"") is a Latin word meaning ""spear"". ""Hastae"" were carried by early Roman legionaries, in particular they were carried by and gave their name to those Roman soldiers known as ""hastati"". However, during republican times, the ""hastati"" were re-armed with ""pila"" and ""gladii"" and the ""hasta"" was only retained by the ""triarii"". Unlike the ""pilum"", ""verutum"" and ""lancea"", the ""hasta"" was not thrown, but used for thrusting. A ""hasta"" was about in"
"sword named ""ensis falcatus"", but it was apparently meant to be either a falx or a harpe. In any case, the name caught on very quickly and is now firmly entrenched in the scholarly literature. The falcata has a single-edged blade that pitches forward towards the point, the edge being concave near the hilt, but convex near the point. This shape distributes the weight in such a way that the falcata is capable of delivering a blow with the momentum of an axe, while maintaining the longer cutting edge of a sword and some facility to execute a thrust. The"
"weapon was supposed to represent the Aztec God Tezcatlipoca. Essentially a wooden sword with sharp obsidian blades embedded into its sides (similar in appearance and build to a modern cricket bat). This was the standard armament of the elite cadres. Also known in Spanish by the Taino word ""macana"". A blow from such a weapon was reputedly capable of decapitating a horse. ""Cuahuitl"":(Lit. Wood) A baton made out of hardwood (more than likely oak), reminiscent of the agave plant's leaves in its shape. ""Tepoztōpīlli:"" Wooden spear with a broad head edged with sharp obsidian blades. ""Quauholōlli:"" A mace-like weapon, the"
"somewhat resembling a baseball bat. This weapon was used for melee attacks just as it was made, but other designs were studded with flint or obsidian cutting elements on its sides. ""Tecpatl"": This weapon was meant to represent the Aztec God Xiuhtecuhtli. A dagger with a double sided blade made out of flint or obsidian with an elaborate stone or wooden handle, seven to nine inches overall in length. Although this would have been an effective side arm, this weapon was more commonly used in Aztec sacrifice ceremonies which may point to it being wielded mostly by Aztec warrior priests."
"Faussart The Faussart is a long bladed two handed weapon, sometimes referred to as a Warbrand (by modern reproduction manufacturers). It is essentially a two handed falchion. It is different to a glaive in that a glaive is more like a halberd, and the Faussart is more like a sword. While the glaive has a lighter head and longer blade than a halberd, it has a shorter length blade than the Faussart. The Faussart could be used by both cavalry and infantry. It eventually evolved into the longsword. The weapon probably relates to the agricultural tool for grass cutting, the"
"Ewart Oakeshott has proposed an alternative description of the weapon as a crescent shaped socketed axe. A glaive is a pole arm consisting of a single-edged tapering blade similar in shape to a modern kitchen knife on the end of a pole. The blade was around long, on the end of a pole long However, instead of having a tang like a sword or naginata, the blade is affixed in a socket-shaft configuration similar to an axe head, both the blade and shaft varying in length. Illustrations in the 13th century Maciejowski Bible show a short staffed weapon with a"
"""hasta"" was about 1.8 meters (six feet) in length. The shaft was generally made from ash while the head was usually of iron, although early republican ""hastae"" also had a tip made of bronze. Although Romans often used the word ""pila"" to refer to all thrown javelins, the term ""pilum"" also means specifically the heavy Roman throwing javelin of the legions. Lighter, shorter javelins existed, such as those used by the ""velites"" and the early legions. The ""pilum"" (plural ""pila"") was a heavy javelin commonly used by the Roman army in ancient times. It was generally somewhat less than two"
"was smaller than the male warrior's ""ō-naginata"" in order to compensate for the lesser height and upper body strength of a woman than an armoured male samurai. A ""naginata"" consists of a wooden or metal pole with a curved single-edged blade on the end; it is similar to the Chinese guan dao or the European glaive. Similar to the katana, naginata often have a round handguard (""tsuba"") between the blade and shaft, when mounted in a koshirae. The 30 cm to 60 cm long ""naginata"" blade is forged in the same manner as traditional Japanese swords. The blade has a"
"the largest ones being as tall as a man and a two-handed weapon while the smaller lighter ones were primarily one-handed and the length of a forearm. The shape could be similar to a baseball bat, with a thick heavy end tapering towards a slender handle with a pommel, or they could be straight all the way from the handle to the end. The shaft cross-section could be round (as in a baseball bat) or polygonal; that is, it might be multi-faceted with flat surfaces arrayed around the central axis. The ""kanabō"" was also a mythical weapon, often used in"
"smashed in the face of the enemy. Polybius states that the three lines of heavy infantry were equipped with similar weapons and shields, save that the ""triarii"" were armed with a heavy thrusting-spear (""hasta""), while the ""hastati"" and ""principes"" held two ""pila"" (throwing-javelins, singular form: ""pilum""), one heavy, the other light. The ""pilum"" was a type of heavy javelin designed for launch at short range (15m or less). It consisted of a wooden shaft with a long shank with barbed point affixed to one end, either attached by rivets or socketed into the shaft itself. The weapon thus had great"
"and ""triarii"". The first type, the ""hastati"", typically formed the first rank in battle formation. They typically wore a brass chest plate (though some could afford mail), a helmet called a galea, and occasionally, greaves (shin guards). They carried an iron bossed wooden shield, 120 cm (4 ft) tall and rectangular in shape with a curved front to partially protect the sides. Traditionally they were armed with a sword known as a ""gladius"" and two throwing spears known as ""pila"": one the heavy ""pilum"" of popular imagination and one a slender javelin. However the exact introduction of the Gladius and"
"Kabutowari The , also known as hachiwari, was a type of knife-shaped weapon, resembling a jitte in many respects. This weapon was carried as a side-arm by the samurai class of feudal Japan. ""Kabutowari"" were usually around 35cm long; some larger versions are around 45cm long. There were two types of ""kabutowari"": a dirk-type a and truncheon-type. The dirk-type was forged with a sharp dirk-like point, which could be used to parry an opponent's sword, to hook the cords of armor or a helmet, or like a can opener to separate armor plates. The sharp point could pierce unprotected or"
"line and the Triarii at the third line. While the Triarii were still armed with the hasta, the Hastati and the Principes were rearmed with short swords and heavy javelins. Each soldier from the Hastati and Principes lines carried two javelins. This heavy javelin, known as a Pilum (plural ""pila""), was about two metres long overall, consisting of an iron shank, about 7 mm in diameter and 60 cm long, with pyramidal head, secured to a wooden shaft. The iron shank was either socketed or, more usually, widened to a flat tang . A pilum usually weighed between two and"
"""taiga"" is a machete of Russian origin that combines the functions of machetes, axes, knives, saws, and shovels into one tool. It is easily distinguished by the large swell at the end of the blade to facilitate chopping. The ""taiga"" is used by military air and special forces, including the ""Spetsnaz"". The modern machete is very similar to some forms of the medieval falchion, a short sword popular from the 13th century onwards. The cutting edge of the falchion is curved, widening toward the point, and has a straight, unsharpened back edge. The machete differs from the falchion mainly in"
"Balato (sword) Balato (sometimes also known as Baltoe, Balatu, Balatu Sebua, Ballatu, Foda, Gari Telegu, Klewang Buchok Berkait, Roso Sebua or Telagoe) is a sword that originates from Nias, an island off the west coast of North Sumatra, Indonesia. Balato is a sword with large variety of blades, hilts and scabbards. Three types of blades can be distinguished, all broadening at the point: The hilts are very varied, but all can be reduced to an animal's head or mouth, most of the time the ""lasara"" (mythical creature), made in a plain stylized way or in a complex, richly decorated form."
"the blade. Along with Hallstatt swords there were found to be spears, similar to the spearheads found in Mycenae they were quite large at fifteen inches and having a hollow socket however they were unique in that they had a small collar of bronze near where they attached to the shaft. Within India’s long history there are several different regimes that produced unique weapons. The list of weapons primarily used in India are the battle axe, the bow and arrow, spears, spike, barbed dart, the sword, iron club, javelin, iron arrow, and the scimitar. One sword type is the katar"
"lighter and had a greater range. Called a plumbata, it resembled a thick stocky arrow, fletched with leather vanes to provide stability and rotation in flight (which increased accuracy). To overcome its comparatively small mass, the plumbata was fitted with an oval-shaped lead weight socketed around the shaft just forward of the center of balance, giving the weapon its name. Even so, plumbatae were much lighter than pila, and would not have had the armour penetration or shield transfixing capabilities of their earlier counterparts. Two or three plumbatae were typically clipped to a small wooden bracket on the inside of"
"different kinds of spears were also used. One, the naginata, was a curved blade fixed to the end of a pole several feet long. This was known as a 'woman’s spear' because samurai girls were taught to use it from an early age. A device called the kumade, which resembled a long-handled garden rake, was used to catch the clothing or helmet of enemy horsemen and unseat them. Common samurai archers had armor made of lamellae pieces laced together with colorful cords. The lightweight armor allowed for greater freedom of movement, faster speed, and reduced fatigue for horse and rider."
"Naginata The naginata (なぎなた, 薙刀) is one of several varieties of traditionally made Japanese blades in the form of a pole weapon. ""Naginata"" were originally used by the samurai class of feudal Japan, as well as by ashigaru (foot soldiers) and sōhei (warrior monks). The naginata is the iconic weapon of the onna-bugeisha-archetype, a type of female warrior belonging to the Japanese nobility. Naginata for fighting men and warrior monks were ō-naginata. The kind used by women was called ko-naginata. Since the ""naginata"" with its pole is heavier and much slower than the Japanese sword, the blade of the ""ko-naginata"""
"length vary, it is usually now believed to have been seven to nine feet long (~2.1–2.7 m). It was held one-handed, with the other hand holding the hoplite's shield (aspis). The spearhead was usually a curved leaf shape, while the rear of the spear had a spike called a ""sauroter"" ('lizard-killer') which was used to stand the spear in the ground (hence the name). It was also used as a secondary weapon if the main shaft snapped or to kill enemies lying on the ground as the formation passed over them. This was a common problem, especially for soldiers who"
"defines it as a Class-4 misdemeanor. Slingshot A gallybander slingshot or catapult (UK), ging (primarily Australian and New Zealand), shanghai (Australian), kettie (South Africa), is normally a small hand-powered projectile weapon. The classic form consists of a Y-shaped frame held in the off hand (nondominant hand), with two natural-rubber strips attached to the uprights. The other ends of the strips lead back to a pocket that holds the projectile. The dominant hand grasps the pocket and draws it back to the desired extent to provide power for the projectile—up to a full span of the arm with sufficiently long bands."
"Katar (dagger) The katar or katara, is a type of push dagger from the Indian subcontinent. The weapon is characterised by its H-shaped horizontal hand grip which results in the blade sitting above the user's knuckles. Unique to the Indian subcontinent, it is the most famous and characteristic of Indian daggers. Ceremonial katars were also used in worship. Having originated in south India, the weapon's earliest name-form was likely the Tamil ""kaţţāri"" (கட்டாரி). It is alternatively known in Tamil as ""kuttuvāḷ"" (குத்துவாள்) which means ""stabbing blade"". This was adapted into Sanskrit as ""kaţāra"" (कट्टार) or ""kaţārī"". Due to the schwa"
"weapon featured a larger head with broader blade, the rearward part of the crescent sweeping up to contact (or even be attached to) the haft. In Ireland, this axe was known as a ""Sparr Axe"". Originating in either Western Scotland or Ireland, the ""sparr"" was widely used by the galloglass. Although sometimes said to derive from the Irish for a joist or beam, a more likely definition is as a variant of sparth. Although attempts have been made to suggest that the sparr had a distinctive shaped head, illustrations and surviving weapons show there was considerable variation and the distinctive"
"handle was made out of wood topped with a wooden, rock, or copper ball or sphere. ""Tlāximaltepōztli:""This weapon was meant to represent the Aztec God Tepoztecatl. Basically an axe, comparable to a tomahawk, the head of which was made out of either stone, copper or bronze and had a two side design, one side had a sharp bladed edge while the other one a blunt protrusion. ""Mācuāhuitzōctli"": A club about 1.64 ft. long, with a knob on each of its four sides and a pointed tip. ""Huitzauhqui:"" This weapon was meant to represent the Aztec God Huitzilopochtli. A wooden club,"
"hair up. Another dagger that Mackenzie obtained from a Haida village was said to be connected to a Haida legend; many daggers had individual histories which made them unique from one another. The Haida wore rod-and-slat armour. This meant greaves for the thighs and lower back and slats (a long strip of wood) in the side pieces to allow for more flexibility during movement. They wore elk hide tunics under their armour and wooden helmets. Arrows could not penetrate this armour, and Russian explorers found that bullets could only penetrate the armour if shot from a distance of less than"
"quintessential ""villain"" weapon in Greek eyes. Historically were one of the traditionally made that were used by the samurai of feudal Japan. Modern versions of the katana are sometimes made using non-traditional materials and methods. The katana is characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two hands. The hanger (Obs. ""whinyard, whinger, cuttoe""), wood-knife or hunting sword is a long knife or short sword that hangs from the belt and was popular as both a hunting tool and weapon of war. The falchion (French ""braquemart"", Spanish"
"""spear"". The ""kesja"" was another halberd-type weapon. The name is thought to come from Celtic-Latin ""gæsum"". The Cleasby and Vigfússon dictionary notes that """"kesja"", ""atgeir"" and ""höggspjót"" appear to be the same thing"". It's interesting to note that ""Egils saga"" shows the ""kesja"" being thrown like a javelin or spear, and describes it in detail, calling it also a ""mail-piercer"" (""brynþvarar""): The ""kesja"" would thus have a blade around 90 cm in length with a diamond cross-section at the end, and an additional spike attached to the socket, whose placement and purpose is not explained. The length of the weapons'"