noun
- declension: 2nd declension
- gender: masculine
Definitions:
- pike-bearer
- soldier armed with a contus (lance/pike/long spear)
- Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
- Area: War, Military, Naval, Ships, Armor
- Geography: All or none
- Frequency: Having only single citation in Oxford Latin Dictionary or Lewis + Short
- Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)