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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

  • ἐν ἀσπίσιν σοι πρῶτα κινδυνευτέον. (Euripides, Suppliants, episode 5:21)
  • ἐπίσχεσ ἐν ταῖσ ἀσπίσιν· (Aristotle, Agon, antepirrheme3)
  • τοὐντεῦθεν οὖν Ἕλληνεσ ᾄξαντεσ δορί, τεύχη λαβόντεσ στενόπορ’ Αὐλίδοσ βάθρα ἥκουσι τῆσδε, ναυσὶν ἀσπίσιν θ’ ὁμοῦ ἵπποισ τε πολλοῖσ ἁρ́μασίν τ’ ἠσκημένοι. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode 2:1)
  • τί δ’ ἦλθεσ Δαναϊδῶν ἐσ σύλλογον, γυνὴ πρὸσ ἄνδρασ ἀσπίσιν πεφραγμένουσ; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode17)
  • ἀλλὰ μυρίοι μὲν ἄνδρεσ ἀσπίσιν πεφραγμένοι, μυρίοι δ’ ἐρέτμ’ ἔχοντεσ, πατρίδοσ ἠδικημένησ, δρᾶν τι τολμήσουσιν ἐχθροὺσ χὑπὲρ Ἑλλάδοσ θανεῖν, ἡ δ’ ἐμὴ ψυχὴ μί’ οὖσα πάντα κωλύσει τάδε; (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, trochees 1:9)

Synonyms

  1. shield

  2. collective

  3. ornament in this form

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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