clipeolum

== Latin == === Etymology === From clipeus + -olum (diminutive suffix). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [klɪˈpe.ɔ.ɫũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kliˈpɛː.o.lum] === Noun === clipeolum n (genitive clipeolī); second declension diminutive of clipeus (“shield”): a small shield ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). === References === “clipeolum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “clipeolum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.