ὑπασπιστής
First declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
ὑπασπιστής
ὑπασπιστοῦ
Structure:
ὑπασπιστ
(Stem)
+
ης
(Ending)
Sense
- a shield-bearer, armour-bearer, esquire
Declension
First 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.
- τίσ οὐκ ἂν καταφρονήσειε ταύτησ τῆσ πόλεωσ τοὺσ ὑπασπιστὰσ αὐτῆσ οὕτωσ κακοδαίμονασ ὁρῶν; (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 50:3)
- ἐκεῖνο δέ γε ἡδέωσ ἂν μάθοιμι παρὰ σοῦ, πῶσ φέρεισ, ὁπόταν ἐννοήσῃσ, ὅσην εὐδαιμονίαν ὑπὲρ γῆσ ἀπολιπὼν ἀφῖξαι, σωματοφύλακασ καὶ ὑπασπιστὰσ καὶ σατράπασ καὶ χρυσὸν τοσοῦτον καὶ ἔθνη προσκυνοῦντα καὶ Βαβυλῶνα καὶ Βάκτρα καὶ τὰ μεγάλα θηρία καὶ τιμὴν καὶ δόξαν καὶ τὸ ἐπίσημον εἶναι ἐξελαύνοντα διαδεδεμένον ταινίᾳ λευκῇ τὴν κεφαλὴν πορφυρίδα ἐμπεπορπημένον. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 7:1)
- αὐτὸσ δὲ τούσ τε ὑπασπιστὰσ καλεομένουσ ἅμα οἷ ἦγε καὶ τοὺσ τοξότασ πάντασ καὶ τῶν ἱππέων τοὺσ ἑταίρουσ καλεομένουσ, τοὺσ πάντασ ἐσ ὀκτακισχιλίουσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 19 3:1)
- τῶν δὲ σωματοφυλάκων ἑνὸσ Ἀριστοφάνουσ φθάσαντοσ ὑφελέσθαι, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων περιεχόντων καὶ δεομένων, ἀναπηδήσασ ἀνεβόα Μακεδονιστὶ καλῶν τοὺσ ὑπασπιστάσ τοῦτο δὲ ἦν σύμβολον θορύβου μεγάλου, καὶ τὸν σαλπιγκτὴν ἐκέλευσε σημαίνειν, καὶ πὺξ ἔπαισεν ὡσ διατρίβοντα καὶ μὴ βουλόμενον. (Plutarch, Alexander, chapter 51 4:1)
- αὐτὸσ δὲ ἀναλαβὼν τὸ ἄγημα καὶ τοὺσ ὑπασπιστὰσ καὶ τοὺσ Ἀγριᾶνασ κατὰ τὸ εὐώνυμον ἦγεν. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 1, chapter 1 11:2)
