Subarmalis in the literary sources

[Sean Manning]

Here's Tab. Vindol. 184, Leaf 3, Line 8:
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Looks like subarmalo to me!

Is not subarmalo a different word from subarmalis?[/quote]
In theory it should be, but ordinary writers didn't always spell things the way that Cicero would have. One tendency is for 3rd declension -is, -is nouns to assimilate to 2nd declension -us, -i or -um, -i. If Renatus is right that the Carlisle document has gladia where Cicero would have gladios that is another example.