The corpus record — Latin

ancile

ancile · n

the shield that was said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa

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Distribution

Antoninus Heliogabalus 1 · 1.73/10k
Pharsalia 2 · 0.39/10k
Epitome Rerum Romanorum 1 · 0.38/10k
Historiae 1 · 0.19/10k
Aeneid 1 · 0.16/10k
Facta et Dicta Memorabilia 1 · 0.13/10k
Ab urbe condita 4 · 0.08/10k

Senses

1. ancīle — Lewis & Short

the shield that was said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa

2. ancíle — Walde–Hofmann

is n

Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine scan p. 55; entry #551 Review: Under source audit
Walde-Hofmann, Lateinisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan p. 77; entry #201 Review: Under source audit

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