scutarius

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

scūtārĭus, a, um, adj. [scutum].

I Of or belonging to a shield : fabricae, shield-factories , Veg. Mil. 2, 11.—

II Subst.: scū-tārĭus , ii, m.

1 A shield-maker , Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 35.—

2 In the times of the later emperors, a sort of guard , armed with the scutum, Amm. 20, 4, 3; 20, 8, 13; Inscr. Orell. 3542 sq.; cf. Vulg. 2 Par. 12, 10.