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: 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)

Derived terms

• clypeocellar

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) 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.

Case	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)