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Latin
Etymology
Coined by Sir Henry Spelman circa 1595 as the title to his treatise on coats of arms, from ἀσπίς ("shield") + -λογία ("study of"). Sir Anthony Wagner argued in his Catalogue of Mediaeval Arms (1950) that on etymological grounds a better form of the word would have been "Aspidologia," but retained Spelman's innovation.
Pronunciation
Noun
aspilogia f (genitive aspilogiae); first declension
- (heraldry) coats of arms, heraldry, armory (especially as a collection)
First-declension noun.
References
- Dictionary of National Biography
- Revised Medieval Latin Word List