/falˈkata/
sickle-shaped; falcate; wide, curved, pointed, and single-edged
Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“sickle-shaped, falcate”). First attested in the adjective "sickle-shaped" sense in 1715, and in the noun sense in 1770. The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.
a falcata
“Finalmente se usaba tambien en España otra especie de espada que los Antiguos llamaban Falcata, porque era corva á manera de hoz. Sus filos no estaban por la parte de afuera, como los sables de hoy, sino por la parte de adentro.”
Borrowed from Latin falcātus (“sickle-shaped, falcate”). First attested in the adjective "sickle-shaped" sense in 1715, and in the noun sense in 1770. The term used in Roman sources is machaera Hispana.