gladiator

• n.剣術家；古代ローマで公に演じた格闘家；論客

PIE*kel「切る」「切り裂く」が語源で、語源はclone「クレイモア」。

gladiator

gladiator: [16] The main Latin word for ‘sword’ was gladius. It was probably borrowed from a Celtic word, in which case its relatives would include Irish claideb, Welsh cleddyf, and Scots Gaelic claidheamh (which with the addition of mór ‘great’ produced English claymore [18]). Among its derivatives were gladiātor, literally ‘swordsman’, and gladiolus, literally ‘little sword’, acquired by English in the 16th century.
=> claymore, gladiolus

gladiator (n.)

mid-15c., "Roman swordsman," from Latin gladiator (fem. gladiatrix) "fighter in the public games; swordsman," from gladius "sword" (there is no verb *gladiare), which probably is from Gaulish (compare Welsh cleddyf, Cornish clethe, Breton kleze "sword;" see claymore). Old Irish claideb is from Welsh.

The close connection with Celtic words for 'sword', together with the imperfect match of initial consonants, and the semantic field of weaponry, suggests that Latin borrowed a form *gladio- or *kladio- (a hypothetical variant of attested British Celtic *kladimo- 'sword') from [Proto-Celtic] or from a third language. [de Vaan]

1. A blush mantled over the bronzed cheek of the gladiator .

闘士古銅色の顔が急に真っ赤になった。

2.Isabel looked a moment at the vanquished gladiator .

イザベルはその敗れたグラディエーターを一目見た。

3.That is the true gladiator feeling.

これは真の闘士の心意気です。

4. Gladiator ，my cat，frightened me as he meowed his sad song.

「ニャース」、私の猫「闘士」、彼の凄惨な鳴き声にびっくりした。

5.There is an old painting I did of a gladiator crouching.

あなたにとってそれが間違っているように見えるなら、それは間違っています。私は格闘家が俯いている絵を描いたことがあります。