noun · femininefirst declension
aspilogia
aspilogia f (genitive aspilogiae)
Classical[as.pɪˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]Ecclesiastical[as.piˈlɔː.d͡ʒi.a]
Meaning
- femininecoats of arms, heraldry, armory (especially as a collection)
Origins
Coined by Sir Henry Spelman circa 1595 as the title to his treatise on coats of arms, from ἀσπίς ("shield") + -λογία ("study of"). Sir Anthony Wagner argued in his Catalogue of Mediaeval Arms (1950) that on etymological grounds a better form of the word would have been "Aspidologia," but retained Spelman's innovation.