| 单词 |
ancile |
| 释义 |
‖ ancile|ænˈsaɪliː| [L. ancīle (of doubtful etymol.), pl. ancīlia, a small oval shield, and spec.] The sacred shield of the ancient Romans, said to have fallen from heaven; on the preservation of which the prosperity of the city was supposed to depend.
1600Holland Livy. i. xx. 15/1 Certaine scutcheons or bucklers that fell from heaven, called Ancilia. 1674Brevint Saul at Endor 385 (T.) The Trojans secured their palladium: the Romans their ancile. 1855Singleton Virgil II. 171 And in his left hand the ancile bare. |

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