cassidae
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;
dat. sg.gen. sg.loc. sg.nom. pl.voc. pl.
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..."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..."
