Gunther, in his poem called Ligurinus, observes of the Milanese republic: Quoslibet ex humili vulgo, quod Gallia foedum Judicat, accingi gladioconcedit equestri.
With reference to Socinus he wrote: "Sentio ego spirituali gladio abscindendos esse homines haereticos" (Henry, iii.
Ignem negladio fodito=--Do not stir the fire with a sword.
Ignem gladio scrutare modo=--Only stir the fire with a sword!
It could hardly have been this legend, with a point inscribed on a broadsword of the seventeenth century: "Qui gladio ferit Gladio perit.
I remember when I was a very small boy rendering "Put to the sword" literally into "Gladio positi.
Donne is echoing the parallelism of 'confossi gladio quam confossi fame'.
Underneath runs the Latin inscription, "Ignem gladione fodias," stir not the fire with the sword.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "gladio" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.