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1 parma
parma f, πάρμη, a small round shield, light shield, target (for cavalry or light infantry): parmas obiciunt, L.: tripedalis, L.—Poet., in gen., a shield, V.* * * -
2 scutum
I.An oblong shield, made of boards fastened together, and covered with leather, a buckler (whereas clipeus denotes a round shield, target of metal; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 18):B.scutum pro clipeo,
Liv. 1, 43: pedestre, of the infantry, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 14; 9, 13, 16; Liv. 6, 8; 7, 10:equestria,
of the cavalry, id. 43, 6:ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21:scutis ex cortice factis aut viminibus intextis,
id. ib. 2, 33:sublato scuto,
id. B. C. 2, 35:abjecto scuto fugere,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:ut non modo non abjecto, sed ne rejecto quidem scuto fugere videar,
id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium,
Tac. G. 6:hastas et scuta reclinant,
Verg. A. 12, 130:fulgentia,
id. ib. 8, 93:longa,
id. ib. 8, 539; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 73; Liv. 7, 26; 38, 17:erectum altius,
Amm. 24, 4, 4.—Transf., heavyarmed soldiers, men bearing shields (late Lat.):II.oppidum, ordine circumdatum trino scutorum, oppugnabat,
Amm. 24, 4, 10:Agilo, scutorum densitate contectus,
id. 21, 12, 18 al. —Trop., a shield, i. e. a defence, protection, sheiter, safeguard (rare):sed ne quod tamen scutum dare in judicio viderentur eis, quos, etc.,
Cic. Tull. 18, 43:scuto vobis magis quam gladio opus est,
Liv. 3, 53 fin. (for which, just before:praesidia libertatis non licentiae ad impugnandos alios): Fabius novam de Hannibale victoriam commentus est, non pugnare. Hinc illud ex populo, ut Imperii scutum vocaretur,
Flor. 2, 6, 27; cf.:Deus, scutum meum,
Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3:scutum fidei,
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3 scutus
I.An oblong shield, made of boards fastened together, and covered with leather, a buckler (whereas clipeus denotes a round shield, target of metal; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 18):B.scutum pro clipeo,
Liv. 1, 43: pedestre, of the infantry, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 14; 9, 13, 16; Liv. 6, 8; 7, 10:equestria,
of the cavalry, id. 43, 6:ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuit,
Caes. B. G. 2, 21:scutis ex cortice factis aut viminibus intextis,
id. ib. 2, 33:sublato scuto,
id. B. C. 2, 35:abjecto scuto fugere,
Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54:ut non modo non abjecto, sed ne rejecto quidem scuto fugere videar,
id. de Or. 2, 72, 294:scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium,
Tac. G. 6:hastas et scuta reclinant,
Verg. A. 12, 130:fulgentia,
id. ib. 8, 93:longa,
id. ib. 8, 539; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 73; Liv. 7, 26; 38, 17:erectum altius,
Amm. 24, 4, 4.—Transf., heavyarmed soldiers, men bearing shields (late Lat.):II.oppidum, ordine circumdatum trino scutorum, oppugnabat,
Amm. 24, 4, 10:Agilo, scutorum densitate contectus,
id. 21, 12, 18 al. —Trop., a shield, i. e. a defence, protection, sheiter, safeguard (rare):sed ne quod tamen scutum dare in judicio viderentur eis, quos, etc.,
Cic. Tull. 18, 43:scuto vobis magis quam gladio opus est,
Liv. 3, 53 fin. (for which, just before:praesidia libertatis non licentiae ad impugnandos alios): Fabius novam de Hannibale victoriam commentus est, non pugnare. Hinc illud ex populo, ut Imperii scutum vocaretur,
Flor. 2, 6, 27; cf.:Deus, scutum meum,
Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3:scutum fidei,
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4 Parma
1.parma (or in the collat. form pal-ma, Tib. 1, 9, 82; and so many MSS. in Prop. 2, 19, 44 (3, 20, 8); 4 (5), 10, 40; Liv. 22, 1, 9), ae (old gen. parmaï, Lucr. 4, 847), f., = parmê, a small, round shield, a target, carried by the light infantry and the cavalry.I.Lit.: configunt parmam, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Varr. ap. Non. 552, 30: desiliunt ex equis, provolant in primum agmen et pro antesignanis parmas obiciunt, Liv. 2, 20; 2, 6, 9; 31, 35 fin.:II.hic miles (veles) tripedalem parmam habet,
id. 38, 21 fin.; 26, 4; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 554, 23:picta fulgebat,
Prop. 4, 10, 21.—Transf.A.In gen., a shield ( poet.):B.(Pallas) parmamque ferens hastamque trementem,
Verg. A. 2, 175; 11, 693; Mart. 9, 21, 10.—A gladiator armed with a parma, a Threx (v. Threx) ( poet.), Mart. 9, 69, 8.—C.The valve in a pair of bellows, Aus. Idyll. 10, 267.2.Parma, ae, f., the city of Parma, in Gallia Cispadana, between Cremona and Placentia, famed for its breed of sheep, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 115; Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2; 10, 33, 4; Liv. 39, 55:II.velleribus primis Apulia, Parma secundis Nobilis,
Mart. 14, 155, 1; cf. id. 2, 43, 4; 5, 13, 8.—Hence,Par-mensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Parma, Parman:Cassī Parmensis opuscula,
Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 3.—In plur.: Parmenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Parma, the Parmans, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 8; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a. -
5 parma
1.parma (or in the collat. form pal-ma, Tib. 1, 9, 82; and so many MSS. in Prop. 2, 19, 44 (3, 20, 8); 4 (5), 10, 40; Liv. 22, 1, 9), ae (old gen. parmaï, Lucr. 4, 847), f., = parmê, a small, round shield, a target, carried by the light infantry and the cavalry.I.Lit.: configunt parmam, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Varr. ap. Non. 552, 30: desiliunt ex equis, provolant in primum agmen et pro antesignanis parmas obiciunt, Liv. 2, 20; 2, 6, 9; 31, 35 fin.:II.hic miles (veles) tripedalem parmam habet,
id. 38, 21 fin.; 26, 4; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 554, 23:picta fulgebat,
Prop. 4, 10, 21.—Transf.A.In gen., a shield ( poet.):B.(Pallas) parmamque ferens hastamque trementem,
Verg. A. 2, 175; 11, 693; Mart. 9, 21, 10.—A gladiator armed with a parma, a Threx (v. Threx) ( poet.), Mart. 9, 69, 8.—C.The valve in a pair of bellows, Aus. Idyll. 10, 267.2.Parma, ae, f., the city of Parma, in Gallia Cispadana, between Cremona and Placentia, famed for its breed of sheep, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 115; Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2; 10, 33, 4; Liv. 39, 55:II.velleribus primis Apulia, Parma secundis Nobilis,
Mart. 14, 155, 1; cf. id. 2, 43, 4; 5, 13, 8.—Hence,Par-mensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Parma, Parman:Cassī Parmensis opuscula,
Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 3.—In plur.: Parmenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Parma, the Parmans, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 8; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a. -
6 Parmenses
1.parma (or in the collat. form pal-ma, Tib. 1, 9, 82; and so many MSS. in Prop. 2, 19, 44 (3, 20, 8); 4 (5), 10, 40; Liv. 22, 1, 9), ae (old gen. parmaï, Lucr. 4, 847), f., = parmê, a small, round shield, a target, carried by the light infantry and the cavalry.I.Lit.: configunt parmam, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 3 (Ann. v. 432 Vahl.); Varr. ap. Non. 552, 30: desiliunt ex equis, provolant in primum agmen et pro antesignanis parmas obiciunt, Liv. 2, 20; 2, 6, 9; 31, 35 fin.:II.hic miles (veles) tripedalem parmam habet,
id. 38, 21 fin.; 26, 4; Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. 554, 23:picta fulgebat,
Prop. 4, 10, 21.—Transf.A.In gen., a shield ( poet.):B.(Pallas) parmamque ferens hastamque trementem,
Verg. A. 2, 175; 11, 693; Mart. 9, 21, 10.—A gladiator armed with a parma, a Threx (v. Threx) ( poet.), Mart. 9, 69, 8.—C.The valve in a pair of bellows, Aus. Idyll. 10, 267.2.Parma, ae, f., the city of Parma, in Gallia Cispadana, between Cremona and Placentia, famed for its breed of sheep, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 115; Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2; 10, 33, 4; Liv. 39, 55:II.velleribus primis Apulia, Parma secundis Nobilis,
Mart. 14, 155, 1; cf. id. 2, 43, 4; 5, 13, 8.—Hence,Par-mensis, e, adj., of or belonging to Parma, Parman:Cassī Parmensis opuscula,
Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 3.—In plur.: Parmenses, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Parma, the Parmans, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 8; Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 13, a. -
7 clipeus (clup-)
clipeus (clup-) ī, m, or clipeum, ī, n [CLEP-], a round shield of metal: speciem inclusit in clupeo: maximis clipeis uti, N.: clipeos ad tela sinistris obicere, V.—Prov.: clipeum post volnera sumere, i. e. to act too late, O.—Poet.: dei (Phoebi) clipeus, i. e. the sun's disk, O.—A metallic tablet for a relief, medallion: argenteum, L. -
8 parmula
I.Lit.:II.relictā non bene parmulā,
Hor. C. 2, 7, 10; Fest. p. 238 Müll.—Trop.:parmulam ventilare,
Front. Or. Ep. 1 Mai. -
9 clipeus
clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].I.The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:B. II.clipeum post vulnera sumere,
i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *A.The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—* B.The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—C.A round meteor:D.clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):E.scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,
Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664). -
10 clypeus
clĭpĕus (in inscrr. and MSS. also clŭp- and clyp-), i, m. ( clĭpĕum, i, n., Verg. A. 9, 709; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 34, 52, 5; 35, 10, 12; 38, 35, 5; 40, 51, 3; Licin. et Laber. ap. Non. p. 196, 22 sq. al.) [root in clepo].I.The round brazen shield of Roman soldiers (diff. from scutum, which was oval, and made of wood covered with bull's hide; cf. Dict. of Antiq. p. 268 sq.), Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 93 Müll.; id. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P. (Enn. Ann. 364 Vahl.); Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 195; 3, 2, 93; id. Truc. 2, 6, 25; Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97; id. Div. 1, 44, 99; id. Tusc. 1, 15, 34; id. de Or. 2, 17, 73; Nep. Iphic. 1, 3; Liv. 1, 43, 2; 8, 8, 3; 9, 19, 7; Verg. A. 2, 443; 7, 626; 8, 447; Hor. C. 1, 28, 11; Ov. M. 8, 27; 12, 621.—Prov.:B. II.clipeum post vulnera sumere,
i. e. to do something when it is too late, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 35. —Meton., of objects in the form of a shield. *A.The vault of heaven: in altisono caeli clupeo, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 73 Müll.—* B.The disk of the sun, Ov. M. 15, 192.—C.A round meteor:D.clipei et vastorum imagines ignium,
Sen. Q. N. 1, 1, 15; 7, 20, 2; Plin. 2, 34, 34, § 100.—But esp. freq.,A bust of the gods or distinguished men, represented upon a shield-formed surface (of gold, silver, etc., skilfully prepared, and often laid up as sacred gifts in the temples; so mostly in neutr. form; v. supra init.):E.scutis qualibus apud Trojam pugnatum est, continebantur imagines, unde et nomen habuere clipeorum,
Plin. 35, 3, 4, § 13; Liv. 25, 39, 13; 35, 10, 12; Tac. A. 2, 83; Suet. Calig. 16; id. Dom. 23; Dig. 9, 3, 5 fin. —Clipeum antiqui ob rotunditatem etiam corium bovis appellarunt, in quo foedus Gabinorum cum Romanis fuerat descriptum, Paul. ex Fest. p. 56 Müll. (cf. the same use of hoplon, Corp. Inscr. Graec. II. p. 664). -
11 orbis
orbis is, abl. orbe (rarely -bī, C.), m a ring, circle, re-entering way, circular path, hoop, orbit: in orbem intorquere: in orbem curvat (iter) eun<*> dem, O.: digitum iusto commodus orbe teras, a ring, O.: ut in orbem consisterent, form a circle, Cs.: orbe facto se defendere, a hollow square, Cs.: orbem volventes suos increpans, L.: in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere, L.: duodecim signorum orbis, zodiac: lacteus, Milky Way: sidera suos orbes conficiunt, orbits: inmensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago, coils, V.—A round surface, disk, circle: mensae, round top, O.: de tot pulchris orbibus comedunt, round tables, Iu.: lucidus, disk (of the sun), V.: ictus ab orbe, quoit, O.: (hasta) per orbem cavum Transit, shield, V.—A mosaic pavement, Iu.—One side of a balance: alterno orbe, Tb.—A wheel: Unda ferratos sustinet orbes, V.: Fortunae stantis in orbe Numen, her wheel, O.—An eye-socket, eye: gemino lumen ab orbe venit, eye, O.: oculorum orbes, V.—With terrae or terrarum, the circle of the world, earth, world, universe: orbis terrae, S., C.: terrarum orbis, V.—The earth, world, universe (sc. terrae): Iuppiter totum cum spectet in orbem, O.: Si fractus inlabatur orbis, H.: Roma orbis caput, O.—A country, region, territory: Eoo dives ab orbe redit, the East, O.: Assyrius, Iu.—Fig., a circle, rotation, round, circuit: ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur, L.: orbis hic in re p. est conversus, the circle of political change: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, in rotation, L.—In time, a cycle, round, period: Annuus, V.: Triginta magnos volvendis mensibus orbīs explebit, years, V. —Of speech, a rounding off, period, cycle: quasi orbem verborum conficere: orationis.—A cycle of thought: sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem incidere non possunt: circa vilem patulumque orbem, the trite and obvious path, H.* * *circle; territory/region; sphereorbis terrarum -- world/(circle of lands)
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12 orbis
orbis, is (nom. orbs, Ven. Carm. 8, 5. — Abl. regul. orbe;I.but orbi,
Lucr. 5, 74:ex orbi,
Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 16; Rutil. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.: orbi terrae, in the meaning in the world, Cic. Sest. 30, 66; so,orbi terrarum,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 38, § 82 Halm; id. Dom. 10, 24; id. Fragm. ap. Charis. p. 112 P.), m. [etym. dub.; perh. akin to Sanscr. dhvar, bend, twist], any thing of a circular shape, a ring, round surface, disk, hoop, orbit, orb, a circle (class.; cf.: circus, circulus, gyrus, spira).Lit.:II.in orbem torquere,
Cic. Univ. 7:curvare aliquid in orbem,
Ov. M. 2, 715:certumque equitavit in orbem,
id. ib. 12, 468.—Of a ring:et digitum justo commodus orbe teras,
fit exactly, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 6:unionum,
roundness, Plin. 9, 35, 56, § 113.—Of a circle formed by men:ut in orbem consisterent,
place themselves in a circle, form a circle, Caes. B. G. 5, 33:cum illi, orbe facto, se defenderent,
id. ib. 4, 37:orbem volventes suos increpans,
Liv. 4, 28:in orbem pugnare,
id. 28, 22, 15:in orbem sese stantibus equis defendere,
id. 28, 33, 15: stella (phaethôn) eundem duodecim signorum orbem annis duodecim conficit, the zodiac, Cic. N. D. 2, 20, 52:lacteus,
the Milky Way, id. Rep. 6, 16, 16.—Of the orbit of a heavenly body:sidera circulos suos orbesque conficiunt,
Cic. Rep. 6, 15, 15.—Of a serpent, the windings, coils:immensis orbibus angues Incumbunt pelago,
Verg. A. 2, 204.—Of a circular surface or disk:orbis mensae,
a round table-top, Ov. H. 17, 87; cf. Juv. 11, 122.—Also, simply orbes, a round table, Mart. 2, 43; Juv. 1, 137.—Of a quoit or discus:ictus ab orbe,
Ov. Ib. 590.—Of the scale of a balance:instabilis natat alterno depressior orbe,
Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of a mirror:addidit et nitidum sacratis crinibus orbem,
Mart. 9, 18, 5.—Of a shield:illa (hasta) per orbem Aere cavum triplici... Transiit,
Verg. A. 10, 783; Petr. 89.—Of a mosaic pavement of rounded pieces [p. 1276] of marble, Juv. 11, 175.—Of a scale, one side of a balance, Tib. 4, 1, 44.—Of the millstones of an oil-mill, Cato, R. R. 22.—Of the wooden disk placed over olives in pressing them, Cato, R. R. 18.—Of the hoop or tire of a wheel:rotarum orbes circumacti,
Plin. 8, 16, 19, § 52.—Of the wheel itself:undaque jam tergo ferratos sustinet orbes,
Verg. G. 3, 361.—Hence, the wheel of fortune, Tib. 1, 5, 70; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 7; id. P. 2, 3, 56.—Of the socket of the eye:inanem luminis orbem,
Ov. M. 14, 200.—Of the eye itself:gemino lumen ab orbe venit,
Ov. Am. 1, 8, 16:ardentes oculorum orbes ad moenia torsit,
Verg. A. 12, 670.—Of the sun's disk or orb:lucidus orbis,
Verg. G. 1, 459.—Of the moon's disk or orb:quater junctis implevit cornibus orbem Luna, quater plenum tenuata retexuit orbem,
Ov. M. 7, 530.—Of the circle of the world, the world, the universe:Juppiter arce suā totum cum spectet in orbem,
Ov. F. 1, 85:renatus,
the new-born day, Sil. 5, 56: terrarum or terrae, the circle or orb of the earth, the world (since the ancients regarded the earth as a circular plane or disk):permittitur infinita potestas orbis terrarum,
Cic. Agr. 2, 13, 33:ager Campanus orbis terrae pulcherrimus,
id. ib. 2, 28, 76; id. Sest. 30, 66:cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis?
Verg. A. 1, 233; cf. id. ib. 7, 224.—Also, simply orbis (so mostly poet.):hic, ubi nunc Roma est orbis caput, arbor et herbae,
Ov. F. 5, 93:unus,
Juv. 10, 168; 4, 148:universus,
Vulg. Luc. 2, 1; id. Apoc. 12, 9.—Hence, a country, region, territory:Eoo dives ab orbe redit,
the East, Ov. F. 3, 466:Assyrius,
Juv. 2, 108:noster,
Plin. 12, 12, 26, § 45.— A kind of fish, Plin. 32, 2, 5, § 14 Sillig; cf. Isid. Orig. 12, 6, 6.—Trop., a circle.A.Of things that return at a certain period of time, a rotation, round, circuit:B.ut idem in singulos annos orbis volveretur,
Liv. 3, 10:insigne regium in orbem per omnes iret,
in rotation, id. 3, 36:orbis hic in re publicā est conversus,
the circle of political changes, Cic. Att. 2, 9, 1.—Orbis doctrinae, an encyclopœdia: orbis ille doctrinae quam Graeci enkuklion paideian vocant, Quint. 1, 10, 1.—C.Of speech, a rounding off, roundness, rotundity:D.circuitum, et quasi orbem verborum conficere,
Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 198:orationis,
id. Or. 71, 234:historia non tam finitos numeros quam orbem quendam contextumque desiderat,
Quint. 9, 4, 129.—A circle or cycle of thought:E.sententiae Pyrrhonis in hunc orbem quem circumscripsimus, incidere non possunt,
Cic. Fin. 5, 8, 23; cf.:circa vilem patulumque orbem,
Hor. A. P. 132.—Esp.: in orbem ire, to go the rounds, go around:quinque dierum spatio finiebatur imperium ac per omnes in orbem ibant,
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13 clupeus
clupeus see clipeus.* * *round/embossed shield (usu. bronze); disk of sun; vault of sky; meteorite -
14 clipeum
round/embossed shield (usu. bronze); disk of sun; vault of sky; meteorite -
15 clipeus
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16 clupeum
round/embossed shield (usu. bronze); disk of sun; vault of sky; meteorite -
17 clypeum
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18 clypeus
round/embossed shield (usu. bronze); disk of sun; vault of sky; meteorite
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Parma (shield) — RomanMilitaryParma or parmula was a type of round shield used by Roman army, especially during the later period of Imperial history.CharacteristicsIt was a yard across (or less) and had iron in its frame, making it a very effective piece of armor … Wikipedia
Medallion Shield — Logo of the Ulster Branch of the Irish Rugby Football Union Sport Rugby Union Founded 1910 No. of teams 38 (season 2010 11) … Wikipedia
