Manlik

clipeus

(Engels)

  1. (declension-2, masculine) a type of large round shield, properly: a type of round shield that was convex (bowl-shaped), at least around 0.9 m in diameter, and was gripped at the edge, with a fastening for the forearm in the middle
  2. (declension-2, masculine) disk of the sun
  3. (declension-2, masculine) vault of the sky
  4. (New-Latin, declension-2, masculine) oval or other types of shields adopted in the Roman army of Late Antiquity after the Crisis of the Third Century

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
[ˈklɪ.pe.ʊs]
Etimologie (Engels)

The origin is uncertain, perhaps from Proto-Italic *klupeos. It may be from Etruscan.

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