| gladi- (Latin: sword).gladiate, sword-shaped, as a leaf of an iris. gladiator:A person, usually a professional combatant, a captive, or a slave, trained to entertain the public by engaging in mortal combat with another person, or a wild animal, in the ancient Roman arena; now more like a person engaged in a controversy or debate, especially in public; a disputant. gladiolous, gladiola: In botany, any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus, native chiefly to tropical and southern Africa and having sword-shaped leaves and showy, variously colored, irregular flowers arranged in one-sided spikes; also called sword lily.
 gladiatary: gladiate: gladiator: gladiatorial: gladiatorian: gladiatorism: gladiatorship: gladiatory: gladiatrix: gladiature: gladioli (plural): gladius: Orca gladiator: |