ἀσπίς

See also: Ασπίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ σπίζω (spízō, “to extend”)

Pronunciation
 

Noun

ᾰ̓σπίς • (aspís) f (genitive ᾰ̓σπίδος); third declension

  1. shield
  2. collective, body of men-at-arms
  3. (military) on the left
    Antonym: δόρυ (dóru)
  4. a round, flat bowl
  5. a boss or knob on a door
  6. asp, Egyptian cobra
  7. ornament in the form of an asp

Declension
Third declension of ἡ ᾰ̓σπῐ́ς; τῆς ᾰ̓σπῐ́δος (Attic)
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
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: aspis
  • Greek: ασπίδα (aspída)
  • → Latin: aspis (see there for further descendants)
  • → Ukrainian: га́спид (háspyd), а́спид (áspyd), а́спід (áspid)

Further reading
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