I. Armed with a scutum (long shield): cohortes, * Caes. B. C. 1, 39: “milites,” Liv. 8, 8; 33, 14: “equites,” Verg. A. 9, 370: “manus,” Sil. 6, 211. —
II. Subst.
A. scūtāti , ōrum, m., troops bearing shields (opp. the equites): “quattuor milia scutatorum,” Liv. 28, 2, 4.—
B. = scutarius, II. 2.; Inscr. Orell. 3448 (belonging to A. D. 256).