cassida
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cassida, cassidae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
helmet (metal); wearer of a helmet; war, active service;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg.
Examples

Liber Quartus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...proelia trunco, his arcus, his tela sudes, his cassida crines integit, Arcadii morem tenet ille galeri, ille Lycaoniae..."- P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...aureus ex umeris erat arcus et aurea vati cassida; tum croceam chlamydemque sinusque crepantis carbaseos fulvo in nodum..."
