Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

scutum

/ˈskjuːtəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables: scu-tum
IPA: /ˈskjuːtəm/

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.

noun

noun

A shield-like protection, such as the scutum protecting the back of a hard tick (cf. alloscutum, conscutum).

noun

One of the two lower valves of the operculum of a barnacle.

noun

name

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.

Example Sentences

"A tick's eye, if present, is a mere roundish lucent area at the margin of the scutum about opposite the second coxa."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin scūtum (“shield”). Doublet of escudo, scudo, scute, and écu.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *skey-, scūtum

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Military.

Inflected Forms

scuta (plural) scutums (plural)

Derived Forms

Scuti

Synonyms

tower shield scuta

Questions

How do you pronounce scutum?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈskjuːtəm/.
What does scutum mean?: An oblong shield made of boards or wickerwork covered with leather, with sometimes an iron rim; carried chiefly by the heavily armed infantry of the Roman army.
Where does scutum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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