clypeus
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin clipeus (“round shield”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clypeus (plural clypei)
- (entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
- 1990: Cuisinart stuck a human eyelash to his clypeus with saliva, twisted it into a handlebar mustache, and greeted citizens as they arrived at the rim of the sink. — Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)
- 1996: When viewed from the front, the part of the carapace between the anterior eyes and the front edge of the carapace is called the clypeus. — Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 14)
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkly.pe.us/, [ˈklʲʏpeʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkli.pe.us/, [ˈkliːpeus]
Noun edit
clypeus m (genitive clypeī); second declension
- Alternative form of clipeus
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | clypeus | clypeī |
Genitive | clypeī | clypeōrum |
Dative | clypeō | clypeīs |
Accusative | clypeum | clypeōs |
Ablative | clypeō | clypeīs |
Vocative | clypee | clypeī |
References edit
- clypeus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)