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scutum

shield

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Where it lives

Chabrias 1 · 20.45/10k
de Origine et Situ Germanorum Liber 9 · 16.33/10k
Divus Claudius 3 · 10.11/10k
Panegyricus de tertio consulatu Honorii Augusti 1 · 7.24/10k
Helius 1 · 6.97/10k
De Bello Hispaniensi 3 · 4.96/10k
Pro A. Caecina 4 · 3.85/10k
Maximini Duo 2 · 3.69/10k
Galba 1 · 3.63/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
Pro M. Tullio 1 · 2.91/10k
De Bello Alexandrino 3 · 2.88/10k

Densest 12 of 64 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. scutum — de Vaan

scutum 'shield' [n. ο] (Ρ1.+) Derivatives: scutarius 'maker of shields' (P1.+). Pit. *skoito- [n.j 'shield'. se- PIE *skoi-to- apiece of wood, sheath, shield'. IE cognates: Olr. sciath (gen. sceith) 9 W- ysgwyd, OBret. scuit, scoet, Bret, scoed 'shield' < PCI. *skeito- [n.]; OPr. staytan [scaytari] 'shield', Lith. skietas^ Latv. skiets 'reed (in a loom)' < *skoi-to-; OCS stitb9 Ru. scit9 gen. scita [m.] 'shield', … — [de Vaan, s.v. scutum, p. 562]

2. scūtum — Lewis & Short

scūtum, i, n. (

I masc. collat. form scū-tus, Turp. ap. Non. 226, 13) [sku=tos].

I An oblong shield, made of boards fastened together, and covered with leather, a buckler (whereas clipeus denotes a round shield, target of metal; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 18): scutum pro clipeo, Liv. 1, 43: pedestre, of the infantry, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 14; 9, 13, 16; Liv. 6, 8; 7, 10: equestria, of the cavalry, id. 43, 6: ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuit, Caes. B. G. 2, 21: scutis ex cortice factis aut viminibus intextis, id. ib. 2, 33: sublato scuto, id. B. C. 2, 35: abjecto scuto fugere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: ut non modo non abjecto, sed ne rejecto quidem scuto fugere videar, id. de Or. 2, 72, 294: scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium, Tac. G. 6: hastas et scuta reclinant, Verg. A. 12, 130: fulgentia, id. ib. 8, 93: longa, id. ib. 8, 539; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 73; Liv. 7, 26; 38, 17: erectum altius, Amm. 24, 4, 4.—

B Transf., heavyarmed soldiers, men bearing shields (late Lat.): oppidum, ordine circumdatum trino scutorum, oppugnabat, Amm. 24, 4, 10: Agilo, scutorum densitate contectus, id. 21, 12, 18 al.—

II Trop., a shield, i. e. a defence, protection, sheiter, safeguard (rare): sed ne quod tamen scutum dare in judicio viderentur eis, quos, etc., Cic. Tull. 18, 43: scuto vobis magis quam gladio opus est, Liv. 3, 53 fin. (for which, just before: praesidia libertatis non licentiae ad impugnandos alios): Fabius novam de Hannibale victoriam commentus est, non pugnare. Hinc illud ex populo, ut Imperii scutum vocaretur, Flor. 2, 6, 27; cf.: Deus, scutum meum, Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3: scutum fidei, id. Eph. 6, 16.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. scutum (scan pp. 562-563; entry #1579). Root candidates: *skoito-, *skeito-, *skaidri-.

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