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Latin
Etymology
From clipeus + -olum (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Noun
clipeolum n (genitive clipeolī); second declension
- diminutive of clipeus (“shield”): a small shield
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
References
- “clipeolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clipeolum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.