Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Ensis

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

ENSIS (ξίφος). A sword. Used mostly by the poets, but synonymous with GLADIUS. (Quint. x. 1. 11.) See also FALX, 6.