clypeus

English

Etymology

From Latin clipeus (“round shield”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪpɪəs/

Noun

clypeus (plural clypei)

1. (entomology) The shield-shaped front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax.
   • 1990, Daniel Evan Weiss, The Roaches Have No King (Serpent's Tail 2001, p.16)

     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.

   • 1996, Michael J. Roberts, Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe (Collins 1996, p. 14)

     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.

Derived terms

• anteclypeus
• clypeal
• clypeocellar
• postclypeus

 

Translations

front part of an insect's head or a spider's cephalothorax

• Hungarian: pajzs (hu) sg, fedőlap (hu) sg, fejpajzs
• Polish: nadustek (pl) m
• Portuguese: clípeo m

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkly.pe.us/, [ˈklʲʏpeʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.pe.us/, [ˈkliːpeus]

Noun

clypeus m (genitive clypeī); second declension

1. Alternative form of clipeus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	clypeus	clypeī
genitive	clypeī	clypeōrum
dative	clypeō	clypeīs
accusative	clypeum	clypeōs
ablative	clypeō	clypeīs
vocative	clypee	clypeī

References

• 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)