Meaning of clipeus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a type of large round shield, properly: a type of round shield that was convex (bowl-shaped), at least around 0.9 m in diameter, and was gripped at the edge, with a fastening for the forearm in the middle
   declension-2, masculine
2. disk of the sun
   declension-2, masculine
3. vault of the sky
   declension-2, masculine
4. oval or other types of shields adopted in the Roman army of Late Antiquity after the Crisis of the Third Century
   New-Latin, declension-2, masculine

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“Near-synonyms: parma, scūtum”

““At geminī lāpsū dēlūbra ad summa dracōnēs effugiunt saevaeque petunt Trītōnidis arcem”

“But the two serpents escape by gliding [away] to the highest temples [of Troy], and seek the citadel of the fierce Tritonian [Minerva], [where] they shelter beneath the feet of the goddess and under the disc of [her] shield.”

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