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Ancile
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An-ci′le
,Noun.
[L.]
(Rom. Antiq.)
The sacred shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
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ancile
ancile
English
Noun
ancile (plural anciles)
- (historical, Roman antiquity) The sacred shield of the Ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *ambi-kaid-slis, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.
Noun
ancīle n (genitive ancīlis); third declension
- The sacred shield said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.
Inflection
Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ancīle | ancīlia |
| genitive | ancīlis | ancīlium |
| dative | ancīlī | ancīlibus |
| accusative | ancīle | ancīlia |
| ablative | ancīlī | ancīlibus |
| vocative | ancīle | ancīlia |
The genitive plural can be also ancīlorum.
References
- ancile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ancile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ANCILE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- ancile in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ancile in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin