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Scutum
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Scu′tum
,Noun.
pl.
Scuta
(#)
. [L.]
1.
(Rom. Antiq.)
An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; – carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry.
2.
(O. Eng. Law)
A penthouse or awning.
[Obs.]
Burrill.
3.
(Zool.)
(a)
The second and largest of the four parts forming the upper surface of a thoracic segment of an insect. It is preceded by the prescutum and followed by the scutellum. See the Illust. under
Thorax
. (b)
One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
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English
Proper noun
Scutum
- (astronomy) A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.
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Translations
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English
Noun
scutum (plural scuta)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavy-armed infantry of the Roman army.
- (zoology) A scute.
- (zoology) In many contexts a shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick
- (zoology) One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.
- (obsolete) A penthouse or awning.
- Alexander M. Burrill
- SCUTUM. L.Lat. In old English law. A pent-house or awning; literally, a shield, or shelter. By the Assise of Measures, 9 Ric.I. it was forbidden to all merchants throughout England, to spread over their shop windows red or black cloths or awnings (scuta,) or any other things by which the sight of purchasers is often deceived in selecting a good cloth. [1]
- Alexander M. Burrill
References
- ↑ Alexander M. Burrill, Law Dictionary and Glossary, 2nd ed. vol 2 1871
Latin
tria scūta (three scuta)
Etymology
Referred to either Proto-Indo-European *skewH- (“to cover, protect”) or Proto-Indo-European *skey- (“to cut, split”). See obscūrus, Old Irish scíath, Russian щит (ščit).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈskuː.tum/, [ˈskuː.tũ]
Noun
scūtum n (genitive scūtī); second declension
- a shield, especially the scutum, the large oblong wooden shield carried by the Roman infantry
- (by metonymy) shield-bearing soldiers
- (figuratively) a defense, protection, shelter
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | scūtum | scūta |
| genitive | scūtī | scūtōrum |
| dative | scūtō | scūtīs |
| accusative | scūtum | scūta |
| ablative | scūtō | scūtīs |
| vocative | scūtum | scūta |
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Descendants
References
- scutum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- scutum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- SCUTUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- scutum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scutum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin