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ἀσπιδαποβλής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσπιδαποβλής ἀσπιδαποβλές

Structure: ἀσπιδαποβλη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: a)poba/llw

Sense

  1. one that throws away his shield, a runaway

Examples

  • εἶτ’ Εὐάθλοσ χὠ μέγασ οὗτοσ Κολακώνυμοσ ἀσπιδαποβλὴσ οὐχὶ προδώσειν ἡμᾶσ φασίν, περὶ τοῦ πλήθουσ δὲ μαχεῖσθαι. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Agon, epirrheme 1:11)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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