clipeus

English

Etymology

Latin clipeus.

Noun

clipeus (plural clipei)

1. A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome
2. An ornamental disk of marble in this shape
3. Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles

Translations

shield

• Italian: clipeo m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: clípeo m

ornamental disk

• Italian: clipeo m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

part of an insect's exoskeleton

• Italian: clipeo m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

Anagrams

• Pulices, spicule

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Latin

Alternative forms

• clupeus, clypeus

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. It may be from Etruscan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.pe.us/, [ˈklʲɪpeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.pe.us/, [ˈkliːpeus]

Noun

clipeus m (genitive clipeī); second declension

1. shield (round, especially of bronze)
2. disk of the sun
3. vault of the sky

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clipeus	clipeī
Genitive	clipeī	clipeōrum
Dative	clipeō	clipeīs
Accusative	clipeum	clipeōs
Ablative	clipeō	clipeīs
Vocative	clipee	clipeī

References

• “clipeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clipeus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clipeus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• clipeus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “clipeus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “clipeus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin