clĭpĕo (clŭpĕo, clypĕo), no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [clipeus],
to arm or furnish with a shield (rare): clamide contortā astu clupeat bracchium, as with a shield , Pac. ap. Non. p. 87, 26 (Trag. Rel. v. 186 Rib.); Varr. L. L. 5, § 7 Müll. (Rib. Trag. Lat., Pac. 186): clipeata agmina, Verg. A. 7, 793; Sil. 8, 436: seges virorum, Ov. M. 3, 110 (transl. from Eurip. Phoen. 885).—Subst.: clĭpĕātus , i, m., one who is armed with a shield , Plaut. Curc. 3, 1, 54; cf.: frontem adversus clipeatos habebat, Liv. 44, 41, 2; Curt. 7, 9, 2 al. —Clipeata imago, represented upon a shieldformed surface (cf. clipeus, II. D.), Macr. S. 2, 3.