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hasta

Etymology 1 vb. (context colloquial English) (en-third-person singular of: hafta): has to; is required to. Etymology 2

interj. (context colloquial English) goodbye Etymology 3

n. (context Indian classical dance English) A hand gesture used to depict the meaning of a song

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Hasta (spear)

Hasta is a Latin word meaning spear. Hastae were carried by early Roman Legionaries, in particular they were carried by and gave their name to those Roman soldiers known as Hastati. However, during Republican times, the hastati were re-armed with pila and gladii and the hasta was only retained by the triarii.

Unlike the pilum, verutum or lancea, the hasta was not thrown, but used for thrusting.

Hasta (unit)

The hasta ( (hásta); is a traditional Indian unit of length, measured from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger. It equals 24 aṅgulas orᅠ about 18 inches, about 45 centimetres.

400 hastas make one nalva.

Usage examples of "hasta".

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.

Honus Hasta revolted and founded the city of Castrum Mare in the 953rd year of Rome, Castra Sanguinarius was overrun with criminals, so that no man dared go abroad at night without an armed body-guard, nor was any one safe within his own home, and Honus Hasta, who became the first Emperor of the East, swore that there should be no criminals in Castrum Mare and he made laws so drastic that no thief or murderer lived to propagate his kind.

It would not take much to convince the Emperor that this Erich von Harben is an emissary of Cassius Hasta, who is reputed to be in Castra Sanguinarius.

There was Cassius Hasta of Castrum Mare, son of a Caesar, and Maximus Praeclarus, a patrician of Castra Sanguinarius and captain of Legionaries.

Praeclarus about Castra Sanguinarius and with Cassius Hasta about Castrum Mare.

Caesar will but recall the friendship that ever existed between Cassius Hasta and Mallius Lepus, the nephew of Septimus Favonius.

Antes le dijo a la sirvienta que tuviese perdices para la cena, pero que no las pusiera a asar hasta que la mandaran.

Indeed, the laws of Honus Hasta destroyed not only the criminal, but all the members of his family, so that there was none to transmit to posterity the criminal inclinations of a depraved sire.

Honus Hasta a cruel tyrant, but time has shown the wisdom of many of his acts and certainly our freedom from criminals may only be ascribed to the fact that the laws of Honus Hasta prevented the breeding of criminals.

It was then that Honus Hasta revolted and led a few hundred families to this island at the eastern end of the valley, founding the city and the empire of Castrum Mare.

Castrum Mare who claims to be a barbarian from Germania, but I believe him to be a spy from Castrum Sanguinarius where, it is said, Cassius Hasta is an honored guest of Sublatus, in that city.

Baths that you sent Cassius Hasta away because he was plotting treason and that he went at once to Sublatus, who received him in a friendly fashion and that together they are planning an attack upon Castrum Mare.

Una noche de luna, pusimos una cabra de señuelo y esperamos en vano hasta la aurora.

Eastman se sujetó la herida caliente con el pulgar y el índice y caminó con pasos de borracho hasta el hospital.

Verlaine que no volveré a recordar, hay una calle próxima que está vedada a mis pasos, hay un espejo que me ha visto por última vez, hay una puerta que he cerrado hasta el fin del mundo.