satellitium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sătellĭtĭum, ii, n. [satelles],

an escort , convoy , Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. 1, 17.— Trop., a guard , protection (eccl. Lat.): scripturarum, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 18.