clibanarius

== Latin == === Etymology === According to Frithiof Rundgren (1957), from Iranian *grīwbānar, from Middle Iranian *grīwbānwar, from Old Iranian *grīva-pāna-bara (“neck-guard wearer”). Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠grīwbān⁠/, “neck-guard”) is attested in Vendidad 14.9. See also clībanus and κρίβανος (kríbanos). === Noun === clībanārĭus m a type of heavily armored cavalryman === References === === Further reading === “clibanarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press