caetrati
Dictionary entries
- Entry →caetratus, caetrata, caetratum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
armed with caetra (small light shield);
gen. sg. (m.)gen. sg. (n.)nom. pl. (m.)voc. pl. (m.) - Entry →caetratus, caetrati:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
soldier armed with caetra (small light shield); Greek peltest;
gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber XLIV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...inpleuit legio atque aciem hostium interrupit. a tergo caetrati erant, frontem aduersus clupeatos habebat; chalcaspides appellabantur. secundam legionem..."Liber XXXVII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uelut iustam aciem a parte dextra consul Achaeorum caetratis immixtos auxiliares Eumenis, tria milia ferme peditum, aequata fronte..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...uolnerati et interfecti sunt, priusquam occultum hostem uiderent. caetrati ita, quantum latitudo uallis patiebatur, instructi sederant ut facile..."Liber XXXIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...renouant impetuque facto rursus auertunt hostem. Philippus cum caetratis et cornu dextro peditum, robore Macedonici exercitus, quam phalangem..."
