scūtum ī, n
SCV-,
a shield, Roman shield, infantry shield, buckler
(of two boards, joined, covered with linen and hide, and edged with iron):
scutum pro clipeo, L.: pedestre,
of the infantry
, L.: equestria,
of the cavalry
, L.: scutis ex cortice factis aut
viminibus intextis, Cs.: domus scutis referta: scutum
reliquisse praecipuum flagitium, Ta.—Fig.,
a shield, defence, protection, shelter, safeguard
: scutum dare in iudicio eis, quos, etc.: scuto
vobis magis quam gladio opus est, L.
