clypeos
Dictionary entries
- Entry →clypeus, clypei:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Field:
- Military
round/embossed shield (usu. bronze); disk of sun; vault of sky; meteorite;
acc. pl.nom. sg.
Examples
- L
Phoenissae
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...Redde iam capulo manum, Adstringe galeam, laeua se clypeo ingerat; Dum frater exarmatur, armatus mane. Tu pone ferrum..." - G
Panegyricus
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger)
"...militum et laetus, quoties aut cassidi tuae aut clypeo gravior ictus incideret; (laudabas quippe ferientes, hortabarisque, ut auderent..."