Scutum

Significado (Inglés)

A small autumn constellation of the northern sky, said to resemble a shield. It lies between the constellations of Aquila, Sagittarius, and the tail of Serpens.

Conceptos

Scutum

Sagitario

♐

Escudo

Sinónimos

Shield

🛡️

Sagittarius

♐

zodiac

Archer

sagittary

Traducciones

Schild

Écu de Sobieski

Scudo

Scutum

Schild

Ασπίς

Escut

Kalkan

Scutum

Scutum

Τοξότης

Escut de Sobieski

Etimología (Inglés)

Named by the astronomer Johannes Hevelius in 1687, from Latin scūtum (“shield”). The original name given was Scutum Sobiescianum (Sobieski's Shield) in commemoration of the victory of the Polish, Austrian, and German forces led by the Polish king Jan III Sobieski at the battle of Vienna.