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scūta, ae, v. scutra.

scūtāle, is, n. [scutum], the thong of a sling for throwing stones, etc. (corresp. with habena), Liv. 38, 29, 6 (also cited ap. Prisc. p. 726 P.); 42, 65, 10.

scūtānĕus, a, um, adj. [scutum], like an oblong shield (late Lat.): termini, Auct. Limit. p. 270 Goes.

scūtārĭus, a, um, adj. [scutum].

  1. I. Of or belonging to a shield: fabricae, shield-factories, Veg. Mil. 2, 11.
  2. II. Subst.: scū-tārĭus, ii, m.
      1. 1. A shield-maker, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35.
      2. 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.

scūtātus, a, um, adj. [scutum].

  1. I. Armed with a scutum (long shield): cohortes, * Caes. B. C. 1, 39: milites, Liv. 8, 8; 33, 14: equites, Verg. A. 9, 370: manus, Sil. 6, 211.
  2. II. Subst.
    1. A. scūtāti, ōrum, m., troops bearing shields (opp. the equites): quattuor milia scutatorum, Liv. 28, 2, 4.
    2. B. = scutarius, II. 2.; Inscr. Orell. 3448 (belonging to A. D. 256).

scŭtella (scutella, Ven. Carm. 11, 10, 7), ae, f. dim. [scutra; cf. 1. scutula], a salver or waiter, of a nearly square form: dulciculae potionis, Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 46.
Also as a stand for vases, Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 10; Ven. Fort. 3, 13, 4; 11, 10, 7.

scŭtĭca, ae, f., a lash, whip (milder than flagellum): ne scuticā sectere, Hor. S. 1, 3, 119; Juv. 6, 480; Ov. H. 9, 81; Mart. 10, 62, 8 (dub.): si quis Orbilius ferulā scuticāque cecidit, Domit. ap. Suet. Gram. 9.

* scūtĭgĕrŭlus, i, m. [scutum-gero], a shield-bearer (slave), armor-bearer, Plaut. Cas. 2, 3, 44.

‡ scutĭlum tenue et macrum et in quo tantum exilis pellicula cernitur, Fest. p. 329 Müll.

scū̆tra, ae, f., a flat tray, dish, or platter of a nearly square form, Cato, R. R. 157, 11; Plaut. Pers. 1, 3, 8; Vulg. 3 Reg. 7, 40; 7, 45.
Collat. form scūta, ae, Lucil. ap. Prisc. p. 618 P

scutriscum, i, n. dim. [scutra], a little dish, Cato, R. R. 10, 2; 11, 3.

1. scŭtŭla, ae, f. dim. [scutra; cf. scutella].

  1. I. Lit., a little dish or platter of a nearly square form (cf. lanx), Cato, R. R. 68, 1; Mart. 11, 31, 19; 8, 71, 7.
  2. II. Transf., of figures thus shaped, a diamond-, rhomb-, or lozenge-shaped figure: (pavimenta) si sectilia sunt, nulli gradus in scutulis aut trigonis aut quadratis seu favis exstent, Vitr. 7, 1; so of a tesselated floor, Pall. 1, 9, 5; of checkered stuffs, Plin. 8, 48, 74, § 196 (cf. scutulatus); id. 17, 16, 26, § 118.
    Of the shape of a country: formam totius Britanniae eloquentissimi auctores oblongae scutulae vel bipenni assimulavere, Tac. Agr. 10.
    Of a patch on the eye, for a disguise: scutula ob oculos lanea, Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 42.

‡ 2. scŭtŭla (in a Greek orthog. scy-tăla or scytălē; v. II. and III.), ae, f., = σκυτάλη (a staff, stick).

  1. I. A wooden roller or cylinder: quattuor biremes, subjectis scutulis, impulsas vectibus in interiorem partem transduxit, Caes. B. C. 3, 40, 4.
  2. II. A secret writing, secret letter among the Lacedaemonians (it being written on a slip of papyrus wrapped round a σκυτάλη; pure Lat. clava): scytala, Nep. Paus. 3, 4: scytale, Aus. Ep. 23, 23; cf. Gell. 17, 9, 15 (written as Greek, Cic. Att. 10, 10, 3, habes σκυτάλην Λακωνικήν).
  3. III. A cylindrical snake (of equal thickness throughout), Plin. 82, 5, 19, § 53; Luc. 9, 717; Sol. 27, § 30; cf. Col. 6, 17. 1.

scŭtŭlātus, a, um, adj. [1. scutula, II.], diamond- or lozenge-shaped, checkered: rete (aranearum), Plin. 11, 24, 28, § 81: pavimentum, id. 36, 25, 61, § 185; of stuffs, id. 8, 48, 73, § 191: color equi, Pall. Mart. 13, 4; Isid. 12, 1, 48.
As subst.: scŭtŭlāta, ae, f., a checked or chequered garment: caerulea, Juv. 2, 97; Cod. Th. 15, 7, 11; also: scŭtŭlāta, ōrum, n., Vulg. Ezech. 27, 16.

scūtŭlum, i, n. dim. [scutum].

  1. I. A small shield, Cic. N. D. 1, 29, 82.
  2. II. Plur.: scutula operta, the shoulder-blades, Cels. 8, 1 med.

scūtum, i, n. (masc. collat. form scū-tus, Turp. ap. Non. 226, 13) [σκῦτος].

  1. I. An oblong shield, made of boards fastened together, and covered with leather, a buckler (whereas clipeus denotes a round shield, target of metal; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 18): scutum pro clipeo, Liv. 1, 43: pedestre, of the infantry, Quadrig. ap. Gell. 9, 13, 14; 9, 13, 16; Liv. 6, 8; 7, 10: equestria, of the cavalry, id. 43, 6: ad galeas induendas scutisque tegimenta detrahenda tempus defuit, Caes. B. G. 2, 21: scutis ex cortice factis aut viminibus intextis, id. ib. 2, 33: sublato scuto, id. B. C. 2, 35: abjecto scuto fugere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: ut non modo non abjecto, sed ne rejecto quidem scuto fugere videar, id. de Or. 2, 72, 294: scutum reliquisse praecipuum flagitium, Tac. G. 6: hastas et scuta reclinant, Verg. A. 12, 130: fulgentia, id. ib. 8, 93: longa, id. ib. 8, 539; Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 73; Liv. 7, 26; 38, 17: erectum altius, Amm. 24, 4, 4.
    1. B. Transf., heavyarmed soldiers, men bearing shields (late Lat.): oppidum, ordine circumdatum trino scutorum, oppugnabat, Amm. 24, 4, 10: Agilo, scutorum densitate contectus, id. 21, 12, 18 al.
  2. II. Trop., a shield, i. e. a defence, protection, sheiter, safeguard (rare): sed ne quod tamen scutum dare in judicio viderentur eis, quos, etc., Cic. Tull. 18, 43: scuto vobis magis quam gladio opus est, Liv. 3, 53 fin. (for which, just before: praesidia libertatis non licentiae ad impugnandos alios): Fabius novam de Hannibale victoriam commentus est, non pugnare. Hinc illud ex populo, ut Imperii scutum vocaretur, Flor. 2, 6, 27; cf.: Deus, scutum meum, Vulg. 2 Reg. 22, 3: scutum fidei, id. Eph. 6, 16.