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.
- ὅθεν τῶν ὑπασπιστῶν ἐπὶ τῇ τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιθυμία σχετλιαζόντων, δύο νεανίσκοι στρατιῶται καρτεροὶ καταιδεσθέντεσ τὴν τοῦ βασιλέωσ ἐπιθυμίαν, τὰσ παντευχίασ καθωπλίσαντο καὶ κάλπην λαβόντεσ ὑπερέβησαν τοὺσ τῶν πολεμίων χάρακασ, (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 3:12)
- ὅθεν τὸν πρεσβύτατον αὐτῶν κελευθέντεσ παρήγαγον οἱ ὑπασπισταὶ καὶ διαρρήξαντεσ τὸν χιτῶνα διέδησαν τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτοῦ καὶ τοὺσ βραχίονασ ἱμᾶσιν ἑκατέρωθεν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees IV 9:11)
- τίσ ὑπασπιστῶν ἄγρυπνοσ βασιλέωσ, ἢ τευχοφόρων; (Euripides, Rhesus, choral, anapests2)
- ἔρημοσ παῖσ ὑπασπιστοῦ σέθεν. (Euripides, Phoenissae, episode 13:12)
- Ἔτι ἐν Βαβυλῶνι κεῖμαι τριακοστὴν ταύτην ἡμέραν, ὑπισχνεῖται δὲ Πτολεμαῖοσ ὁ ὑπασπιστήσ, ἤν ποτε ἀγάγῃ σχολὴν ἀπὸ τῶν θορύβων τῶν ἐν ποσίν, ἐσ Αἴγυπτον ἀπαγαγὼν θάψειν ἐκεῖ, ὡσ γενοίμην εἷσ τῶν Αἰγυπτίων θεῶν. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 6:1)
- ἀνδρὶ γὰρ μεγάλῳ καὶ ῥωμαλέῳ φεύγοντι παρ’ αὑτόν ἐπιβαλὼν τὴν χεῖρα μένειν ἐκέλευσε καί στρέφεσθαι πρὸσ τοὺσ πολεμίουσ ὁ δὲ μεστὸσ ὢν ταραχῆσ παρὰ τὸ δεινόν ἐπήρατο τὴν μάχαιραν ὡσ καθιξόμενοσ, φθάνει δὲ ὁ τοῦ Καίσαροσ ὑπασπιστὴσ ἀποκόψασ αὐτοῦ τὸν ὦμον. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 39 4:2)
- θεράπων δέ τισ ὑπασπιστὴσ τοῦ Σικκίου τὰ πολεμικὰ ἀγαθὸσ εἰκάσασ τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτῶν μηνυτὴσ γίνεται τῷ δεσπότῃ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 26 4:1)
- αὐτόσ τε γὰρ ὁ Σίκκιοσ πολλὰσ εἶχε πληγὰσ τὰσ μὲν ὑπὸ χερμάδων, τὰσ δ’ ὑπὸ σαυνίων, τὰσ δ’ ὑπὸ μαχαιρῶν, καὶ ὁ ὑπασπιστήσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, Books X-XX, book 11, chapter 27 7:2)
- καὶ ἑνὸσ μὲν κατέαξαν τὸ σκέλοσ, Ξενοφῶντα δὲ ὁ ὑπασπιστὴσ ἔχων τὴν ἀσπίδα ἀπέλιπεν· (Xenophon, Anabasis, , chapter 2 21:3)