Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Parazonium

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. 

PARAZO'NIUM (παραζώνιον). A short sword, attached to a belt round the waist (cinctorium), as exhibited by the annexed figure (Parazonium/1.1), and worn at the left side by the tribunes and superior officers of the Roman armies, more as a mark of distinction than for actual use (Mart. xiv. 32. August. Dial. Antiqu. 2. and wood-cuts s. LEGATUS and PALUDAMENTUM); whereas the glaive of the common soldier (gladius) was suspended from a shoulder band (balteus), and hung at the right side (wood-cut s. LEGIONARII).

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  Parazonium/1.1