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Horace, Epistles 1.34

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

scūtārĭus: a, um, adj. id..
I Of or belonging to a shield: fabricae, shield-factories, Veg. Mil. 2, 11.—
II Subst.: scū-tārĭus, ii, m.
   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.