Definitions for Scutum

Scutum scu·tum

Spelling: [skyoo-tuh m]
IPA: /ˈskyu təm/

Scutum is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 63 anagrams from letters in Scutum (cmstuu).

Definitions for Scutum

noun

  1. Zoology. scute (def 1).
  2. a large, oblong shield used by the heavy legionaries of ancient Rome.
  3. genitive Scuti [skoo-tahy] /ˈsku taɪ/ (Show IPA). (initial capital letter) Astronomy. the Shield, a southern constellation north of Sagittarius and east of Aquila, containing a small, very bright star cloud.

Origin of Scutum

First recorded in 1765-75, scutum is from the Latin word scūtum shield

Examples for Scutum

From ecu you have ecuyer;—from scutum scutiger, both passing into our English squire.

The Roman scutum was of wood covered with linen and sheepskin.

There is an entry, 'One hide gives scutage for a fourth part of one scutum.'

The scutum and tergum, with the few exceptions above stated, are articulated together at a large or open angle.

Among the several constellations one notes certain modern names such as “scutum Subiescianum.”

And as four virgates went usually to each hide, so each virgate should contribute 116 of a scutum.

scutum: the second dorsal sclerite of the meso- and meta-thorax.

Page 51: scutum, S, being left articulated to the tergum, T.

If we imagine the scutum and tergum in the third sub-variety of var.

Took out my ring of brass, and put it on the index-finger of my right hand, with the scutum Davidis traced thereon.

Word Value for Scutum
Scrable

10

Words with friends

14

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