† rhomphaea, ae (pure Latin form, rumpīa, Gell. 10, 25, 2; with i short, rumpĭa, Val. Fl. 6, 98), f., = ῤομφαία, a long missile weapon of barbarous nations: rumpia genus teli est Thracae nationis, Gell. 10, 25, 4; Liv. 31, 39, 11: bis acuta, Vulg. Ecclus. 21, 4; id. Apoc. 2, 12; Val. Fl. l. l.; Claud. Epigr. 27; Ascon. Argum. Milon.
Hence, rhomphaeālis, e, adj., of or belonging to the rhomphaea: incendium, Prud. Cath. 7, 93.