clipeo
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
Latin > English
clipeo clipeare, clipeavi, clipeatus V TRANS :: provide/arm with a shield (clipeus) or protection
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
clĭpĕo: (clŭpĕo, clypĕo), no
I perf., ātum, 1, v. a. clipeus, to arm or furnish with a shield (rare): clamide contortā astu clupeat bracchium, as with a shield, Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26 (Trag. Rel. v. 186 Rib.); Varr. L. L. 5, § 7 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Lat., Pac. 186): clipeata agmina, Verg. A. 7, 793; Sil. 8, 436: seges virorum, Ov. M. 3, 110 (transl. from Eurip. Phoen. 885).—Subst.: clĭpĕātus, i, m., one who is armed with a shield, Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 54; cf.: frontem adversus clipeatos habebat, Liv. 44, 41, 2; Curt. 7, 9, 2 al. —Clipeata imago, represented upon a shieldformed surface (cf. clipeus, II. D.), Macr. S. 2, 3.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
clĭpĕō,¹⁶ ātum, āre (clipeus), tr., armer d’un bouclier : Varro L. 5, 7 ; Virg. En. 7, 793 ; chlamyde clupeat brachium Pacuv. d. Non. 87, 26, il se fait un bouclier de sa chlamyde || représenter sur un bouclier : Macr. Sat. 2, 3, 4, v. clipeus S 2.
Latin > German (Georges)
clipeo (altlat. clupeo), āvi, ātum, āre (clipeus), I) mit einem Schilde versehen, chlamyde contra astu clupeat brachium, Pacuv. tr. 186. – sonst im Partiz., clipeata agmina, Verg.: seges clipeata virorum, Ov. – subst., clipeātī (clupeātī), ōrum, m., die Schildträger (ἀσπισταί), Liv. u. Curt. – II) (nach clipeus no. II, d) clipeata imago, das Brustbild (vgl. clipeus), Macr. sat. 2, 3, 4.
