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ancīle is (gen plur. -ilium, Ta., once, -iliorum, H.), n

a small oval shield, V.; usu. the shield said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa, and on the preservation of which the prosperity of Rome was declared to depend, H., V., L., O.

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