1. clipeus — de Vaan
round shield
The corpus record — Latin
clipeus
clipeus
round shield
Figures and citations on this page are drawn from the audited Latin corpus; none are written from memory.
Distribution
- Iphicrates 1 · 24.45/10k
- Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 2 · 14.47/10k
- de bello Gildonico 4 · 12.64/10k
- Divus Claudius 3 · 10.11/10k
- Thebais 53 · 8.48/10k
- Epitaphia heroum qui bello Troico interfuerunt 1 · 8.33/10k
- Aeneid 50 · 7.89/10k
- Punica 60 · 7.86/10k
- de Bello Gothico 3 · 7.44/10k
- Technopaegnion 1 · 6.73/10k
- de consulatu Stilichonis 5 · 6.59/10k
- Panegyricus dictus Probino et Olybrio consulibus 1 · 5.88/10k
Densest 12 of 75 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. clĭpĕus — Lewis & Short
The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers
Attestations
- clipei Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 15.8.15
- clipeis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.12.57
- clipeis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.12.10
- clipeos Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 20.5.8
- clipeorum Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 24.2.5
- clipeis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 24.2.14
6 of 375 attestations shown.
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.
- scan p. 135; entry #291 Review: Under source audit
- scan p. 152; entry #2275 Review: Under source audit
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