vexillarios
Dictionary entries
- Entry →vexillarius, vexillari(i):
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
standard-bearer; ensign; oldest class of veterans (under Empire);; troops (pl.) serving for the time being in a special detachment;
acc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...illis proelium temptantibus, fortuna partium alibi transacta. Antonio vexillarios e cohortibus et partem equitum ad invadendam Italiam rapienti..."Liber II
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...munimenta militem nec tris praetorias cohortis et mille vexillarios cum paucis equitibus veterano exercitui obicere: sed indomitus miles..."