The corpus record — Latin

vexillum

vexillum · n

a military ensign

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Where it lives

Diadumenus Antoninus 1 · 5.99/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 8 7 · 5.41/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Historiae 21 · 4.08/10k
Helvius Pertinax 1 · 3.85/10k
Commemoratio professorum Burdigalensium 1 · 3.81/10k
Divus Claudius 1 · 3.37/10k
de bello Gildonico 1 · 3.16/10k
Divus Vespasianus 1 · 3.13/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 2 · 2.97/10k
Gallieni Duo 1 · 2.72/10k
Cathemerina 2 · 2.72/10k

Densest 12 of 55 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

vexillum — Lewis & Short

vexillum, i, n.dim. of vēlum,

I a military ensign, standard, banner, flag.

I In gen., Caes. B. G. 6, 36; Cic. Phil. 2, 40, 102; 5, 11, 29; id. Att. 10, 15, 2; id. Agr. 2, 32, 86; Tac. A. 1, 20 al.—

II In partic., a red flag placed on the general's tent, as a signal for marching or for battle: vexillum proponere, to raise or display, Caes. B. G. 2, 20: vexillo signum dare, id. B. C. 3, 89 fin.—

B Transf., the troops belonging to a vexillum, a company, troop, Liv. 8, 8; Tac. H. 1, 70; Stat. Th. 12, 782.—

III Trop.: Fortunae, Stat. S. 4, 2, 43.

In the wild

uexilli Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 2.16.p3
vexillis Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 26.9.7
uexillum Bede, Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 3.2.p2
vexillis Historia Augusta, Divus Claudius 3
vexillo Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 31.16.8
vexilla Statius, Thebais 7.622

6 of 151 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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