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ἀσπίς

Third declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀσπίς ἀσπίδος

Structure: ἀσπιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. shield
  2. collective, body of men-at-arms
  3. military phrase on the left (δόρυ on the right)
  4. of a round, flat bowl
  5. a boss small seat on the door
  6. asp, Egyptian cobra
  7. ornament in this form

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • υἱοὶ Ρουβὴν καὶ Γὰδ καὶ ἥμισυ φυλῆσ Μανασσῆ ἐξ υἱῶν δυνάμεωσ, ἄνδρεσ αἴροντεσ ἀσπίδασ καὶ μάχαιραν καὶ τείνοντεσ τόξον καὶ δεδιδαγμένοι πόλεμον, τεσσαράκοντα καὶ τέσσαρεσ χιλιάδεσ καὶ ἑπτακόσιοι καὶ ἑξήκοντα ἐκπορευόμενοι εἰσ παράταξιν. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 5:18)
  • καὶ τριακοσίασ ἀσπίδασ ἐλατὰσ χρυσᾶσ, τριακοσίων χρυσῶν ἀνεφέρετο ἐπὶ τὴν ἀσπίδα ἑκάστην. καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὰσ ὁ βασιλεὺσ ἐν οἴκῳ δρυμοῦ τοῦ Λιβάνου. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 9:14)
  • ὡσ δὲ ἔστιλβεν ὁ ἥλιοσ ἐπὶ τὰσ χρυσᾶσ καὶ χαλκᾶσ ἀσπίδασ, ἔστιλβε τὰ ὄρη ἀπ̓ αὐτῶν καὶ κατηύγαζεν ὡσ λαμπάδεσ πυρόσ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 6:39)
  • Ἀναλάβετε ὅπλα καὶ ἀσπίδασ καὶ προσαγάγετε εἰσ πόλεμον. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 26:2)
  • ἀλλὰ στρατὸν μὲν ἥσυχον παρ’ ἀσπίδασ εὕδειν ἐῶμεν ἐκ κόπων ἀρειφάτων, κατάσκοπον δὲ πολεμίων, ὃσ ἂν θέλῃ, πέμπειν δοκεῖ μοι· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 1:23)

Synonyms

  1. shield

  2. collective

  3. ornament in this form

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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