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λεύκασπις

Third declension Noun; Masc/Fem Transliteration:

Principal Part: λεύκασπις λεύκασπιδος

Structure: λευκασπιδ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. white-shielded

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 ἀνταναβιβάσαντεσ εἰσ τὰ παρ’ ἑαυτοῖσ μνημεῖα καὶ τύρσεισ τινὰσ καθορῶσι παρατεταγμένουσ ᾗ αὐτοῖσ ἦν ἡ ὁδὸσ Κᾶράσ τε λευκάσπιδασ καὶ τὸ Περσικὸν ὅσον ἐτύγχανε παρὸν στράτευμα καὶ τὸ Ἑλληνικὸν ὅσον εἶχεν ἑκάτεροσ αὐτῶν καὶ τὸ ἱππικὸν μάλα πολύ, τὸ μὲν Τισσαφέρνουσ ἐπὶ τῷ δεξιῷ κέρατι, τὸ δὲ Φαρναβάζου ἐπὶ τῷ εὐωνύμῳ. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 2 20:1)

Synonyms

  1. white-shielded

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

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