I. Of or belonging to a shield: “fabricae,” shield-factories, Veg. Mil. 2, 11.—
1. A shield-maker, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35.—
2. In the times of the later emperors, a sort of guard, armed with the scutum, Amm. 20, 4, 3; 20, 8, 13; Inscr. Orell. 3542 sq.; cf. Vulg. 2 Par. 12, 10.