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1 armatura
I.A.. Lit.:B.armatura varia peditatūs et equitatūs,
Cic. Fam. 7, 1:cohortes nostrā armaturā,
id. Att. 6, 1:Numidae levis armaturae,
of light armor, Caes. B. G. 2, 10:universi generis armatura,
Vulg. 2 Par. 32, 5; ib. Ezech. 26, 9.—Meton. (abstr. pro concr.), armed soldiers; and in class. lang. always with the adj. levis, = velites, light-armed soldiers (opp. gravis armatus). Veg. first used armatura absol. for young troops:II.nostrae sunt legiones, nostra levis armatura,
Cic. Phil. 10, 6 fin.:equites, pedites, levis armatura,
id. Brut. 37, 139:adsequi cum levi armaturā,
Liv. 27, 48; cf. id. 28, 14; Flor. 4, 2, 49:equitum triginta, levis armaturae centum milia,
Suet. Caes. 66; Liv. 21, 55; 22, 18:manipuli levis armaturae,
id. 27, 13:levis armaturae juvenes,
id. 44, 2 et saep.—Trop.A.Of discourse: haec fuerit nobis, tamquam levis armaturae, prima orationis excursio;B.nunc comminus agamus,
Cic. Div. 2, 10, 26. —A kind of exercise in arms, Amm. 14, 11; Veg. 1, 13; 2, 23.—C.In a religious sense (eccl. Lat.):induite armaturam Dei,
the armor of God, Vulg. Ephes. 6, 11; 6, 13. [p. 163] -
2 vēles
vēles itis, m [2 VOL-], a light-armed soldier. —Usu. plur, guerrilla troops, irregular bands, skirmishers, L.: a te, ut scurram velitem, malis oneratus, i. e. as a clown among soldiers.* * *light-armed foot-soldier; guerrilla forces (pl.), irregular bands; skirmishers
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