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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Δαυὶδ πρὸσ τὸν ἀλλόφυλον. σὺ ἔρχῃ πρόσ με ἐν ρομφαίᾳ καὶ ἐν δόρατι καὶ ἐν ἀσπίδι, κἀγὼ πορεύομαι πρόσ σε ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου Θεοῦ Σαβαὼθ παρατάξεωσ Ἰσραήλ, ἣν ὠνείδισασ σήμερον. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 17:24)
  • ἰδοὺ γὰρ Ἀσσύριοι ἐπληθύνθησαν ἐν δυνάμει αὐτῶν, ὑψώθησαν ἐφ̓ ἵππῳ καὶ ἀναβάτῃ ἐγαυρίασαν ἐν βραχίονι πεζῶν, ἤλπισαν ἐν ἀσπίδι καὶ ἐν γαισῷ καὶ τόξῳ καὶ σφενδόνῃ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωσαν ὅτι σὺ εἶ Κύριοσ συντρίβων πολέμουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 9:7)
  • εὖτ’ ἂν δὲ τὴν σειρὴν τοῦ Διὸσ ἀπηγέηται καὶ τοῦ Ηἐλίου τὰσ βόασ τὰ δὴ ἐγὼ ἤματα εἶναι συμβάλλομαι, καὶ τὰσ πόλιασ τὰσ ἐν τῇ ἀσπίδι Ἥφαιστοσ ἐποιήσατο καὶ τὸν χορὸν καὶ τὴν ἀλωὴν . (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 22:2)
  • ἀλλὰ καὶ γέλωτα ἂν ὀφλισκάνοι χωλεύων ὑπὸ τῇ ἀσπίδι καὶ ἐπὶ στόμα καταπίπτων ὑπὸ τοῦ βάρουσ καὶ ὑπὸ τῷ κράνει ὁπότε ἀνανεύσειε δεικνὺσ τοὺσ παραβλῶπασ ἐκείνουσ αὑτοῦ ὀφθαλμοὺσ καὶ τὸν θώρακα ἐπαίρων τῷ τοῦ μεταφρένου κυρτώματι καὶ τὰσ κνημῖδασ ἐπισυρόμενοσ, καὶ ὅλωσ αἰσχύνων ἀμφοτέρουσ, καὶ τὸν δημιουργὸν αὐτῶν καὶ τὸν δεσπότην. (Lucian, Adversus indoctum et libros multos ementem, (no name) 7:5)
  • εἶδεσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλο τι ἐν τῷ γυμνασίῳ χαλκοῦν περιφερέσ, ἀσπίδι μικρᾷ ἐοικὸσ ὄχανον οὐκ ἐχούσῃ οὐδὲ τελαμῶνασ, καὶ ἐπειράθησ γε αὐτοῦ κειμένου ἐν τῷ μέσῳ καὶ ἐδόκει σοι βαρὺ καὶ δύσληπτον ὑπὸ λειότητοσ. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 27:5)

Synonyms

  1. shield

  2. collective

  3. ornament in this form

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