Unknown. Derivation from θλάω (thláō, “to crush, bruise”) is folk-etymological.
θλάσπῐς • (thláspis) f (genitive θλάσπεως); third declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ἡ θλᾰ́σπῐς hē thláspis |
τὼ θλᾰ́σπει tṑ thláspei |
αἱ θλᾰ́σπεις hai thláspeis | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς θλᾰ́σπεως tês thláspeōs |
τοῖν θλᾰσπέοιν toîn thlaspéoin |
τῶν θλᾰ́σπεων tôn thláspeōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ θλᾰ́σπει têi thláspei |
τοῖν θλᾰσπέοιν toîn thlaspéoin |
ταῖς θλᾰ́σπεσῐ / θλᾰ́σπεσῐν taîs thláspesi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν θλᾰ́σπῐν tḕn thláspin |
τὼ θλᾰ́σπει tṑ thláspei |
τᾱ̀ς θλᾰ́σπεις tā̀s thláspeis | ||||||||||
| Vocative | θλᾰ́σπῐ thláspi |
θλᾰ́σπει thláspei |
θλᾰ́σπεις thláspeis | ||||||||||
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