Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary, and Greek Lexicon (Rich, 1849)
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CONTA'RII, and CONTA'TI (κοντόφοροι). Soldiers armed with the long pike styled contus. Inscript. ap. Grut. 40. 2. and 3. Veget. Mil. iii. 6. Arrian. Tact. p. 15. See CONTUS, 3.
