Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clipeus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: clipeus
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.

noun

An ornamental disk of marble in this shape.

noun

Part of the exoskeleton of an insect between the carapace and mandibles.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin clipeus.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Astronomy.

Inflected Forms

clipei (plural)

Questions

What does clipeus mean?: A shield worn by soldiers of ancient Greece and Rome.
Where does clipeus come from?: Borrowed from Latin clipeus.

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