ἀσπίς
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See also: Ασπίς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀ- (a-) + σπίζω (spízō, “to extend”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈpis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈpis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈpis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈpis/
Noun
ᾰ̓σπίς • (aspís) f (genitive ᾰ̓σπίδος); third declension
- shield
- collective, body of men-at-arms
- (military) on the left
- Antonym: δόρυ (dóru)
- a round, flat bowl
- a boss or knob on a door
- asp, Egyptian cobra
- ornament in the form of an asp
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ ᾰ̓σπῐ́ς hē aspís |
τὼ ᾰ̓σπῐ́δε tṑ aspíde |
αἱ ᾰ̓σπῐ́δες hai aspídes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς ᾰ̓σπῐ́δος tês aspídos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓σπῐ́δοιν toîn aspídoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓σπῐ́δων tôn aspídōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ ᾰ̓σπῐ́δῐ têi aspídi |
τοῖν ᾰ̓σπῐ́δοιν toîn aspídoin |
ταῖς ᾰ̓σπῐ́σῐ / ᾰ̓σπῐ́σῐν taîs aspísi(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν ᾰ̓σπῐ́δᾰ tḕn aspída |
τὼ ᾰ̓σπῐ́δε tṑ aspíde |
τᾱ̀ς ᾰ̓σπῐ́δᾰς tā̀s aspídas | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσπί aspí |
ᾰ̓σπῐ́δε aspíde |
ᾰ̓σπῐ́δες aspídes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀσπιδιώτης (aspidiṓtēs)
- ἀσπιδοποιός (aspidopoiós)
- ἀσπιδοχελώνη (aspidokhelṓnē)
- ἀσπιστής (aspistḗs)
Descendants
- → English: aspis
- Greek: ασπίδα (aspída)
- → Latin: aspis (see there for further descendants)
- → Ukrainian: га́спид (háspyd), а́спид (áspyd), а́спід (áspid)
Further reading
- “ἀσπίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀσπίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἀσπίς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀσπίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσπίς in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- ἀσπίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀσπίς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G785 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- Index in Eustathii commentarios in Homeri Iliadem et Odysseam By Matthaeus Devarius Page 71