clypei
- plural of clypeus.
Example Sentences
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A little lower, "Opposui molem clypei, texique jacentem," is amplified by a similar witticism, "My broad buckler hid him from the foe, Even the shield trembled as he lay below."
From The Dramatic Works of John Dryden, Volume 1 With a Life of the Author by Saintsbury, George
To how many, even of those who find pleasure in archæological pursuits, does the charge apply: “—neque enim clypei cælamina norit.”
From The Curiosities of Heraldry by Lower, Mark Antony
