It was a long, cutting sword, of the sort called a spatha among the wagons.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mercenaries Of Gor]

I wasn't surprised to learn that a large, heavy, straight sword of similar length and size to the Khanda sword called a spatha was used by Roman cavalry, and it relatively quickly replaced the gladius, especially among the officer class like Centurions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rajput Warrior vs. Roman Centurion] Reference

Galba drew his sword, the spatha rasping as it came out of its scabbard, and put its point under her chin.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

With their hasta spear, three light throwing javelins, and long spatha sword, the cavalry could alternately break the barbarian line, harass it, or cut and chop in a general melee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

He had a short, two-edged sword, not as good as a gladius, but better than a spatha; a battle-axe that had seen better days; and a lance with a larger-than-usual head and an extra-heavy shaft.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Eternal Mercenary]

In preparation for this moment he'd donned his parade uniform: slave-polished chain mail atop a quilted tunic, golden neck torque and armbands of valor, a silver shoal of phalarae medals on his chest, and the long spatha sword of the Petriana cavalry, its blade coated with olive oil and its pommel gleaming where his thumb rubbed its gold.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

IXIA planifolia, caule multifloro spatha brevissima.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 6 Or, Flower-Garden Displayed] Reference

C foliorum laciniis sagittatis: spatha infundibuli - formi, margine revoluta: spadice toto masculo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference

A« foliis Solitariis pedatis: spatha basi ventricosS, mox contracta, dein compresso-dilatata, postea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference

P. foliorum laminis cordiformibus integerrimis repandulis: spatha angusta reflexa planiuscula: spadice spatha longiore sensim attenuato.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference

A. foliis tefnatis: petiofis bulbiferis: spatha an - gusta apice obtuso spadicem amplectente: spa - dice spatha multo longiore valde attenuato.    From Wordnik.com.  [Prodromus stirpium in horto ad Chapel Allerton vigentium] Reference

"Second place to a highborn dabbler who won't know one end of a spatha from another.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

"To a long spatha — and a receptive target!".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

Down, pikes! "he cried, and as the trumpet peal rose loud and clear, fresh legionaries came hurrying through the Damascus arch, and the pilum (1) and spatha of Rome bore back the shields and lances of Palmyra.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historic Girls] Reference

(1) The pilum was the Roman pike, and the spatha the short single-edged.    From Wordnik.com.  [Historic Girls] Reference

Lubrication for your spatha. ".    From Wordnik.com.  [Hadrian's Wall.html]

Spadix rising upon a peduncle, which is somewhat shorter than the leaf - stalk, and ffnrounded by a large convolute slightly acuminated spatha, of a yellowish-white colour, marked with longitudinal lines, contracted near the middle, swoln, and green at the base, exceeding sometimes the spadix in length, which last is 3 or 4 inches long, dub-shaped.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exotic flora: Containing Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, Or Otherwise Interesting Erotic ...] Reference