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scutis

scutis is a Latin form of scutum, meaning “shield (oblong, of the legionary)”. It is the ablative plural neuter noun.

Found 55 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.25.3: Gallis magno ad pugnam erat impedimento quod pluribus eorum scutis uno ictu pilorum transfixis et conligatis, cum ferrum se inflexisset, neque evellere neque sinistra impedita satis commode pugnare poterant,

All forms of scutum (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.