tūtāmen, ĭnis, n. [1. tutor],
a means of defence , defence , protection (poet. and postclass.): (lorica) decus et tutamen in armis, Verg. A. 5, 262.— Plur. : domorum aut vestium, Arn. 2, 71: deposcimus rebus fessis, id. 1, 15.
tūtāmen inis, n 1 tutor, a means of defence, protection, safeguard : in armis, V. ...
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