aspis
From LSJ
Ξενία χαλεπὴ κατὰ πολλοὺς τρόπους → Gravis res multimodis peregrinatio → Die Fremde (Gastfreundschaft) ist in vieler Hinsicht eine Last
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
aspis: ĭdis, f. (acc. Gr. aspida, Luc. 9, 701; plur. aspidas, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 47) [[[ἀσπίς]], com. shield, rarely an asp; this order of frequency is reversed in Lat.].
I The asp, viper: Coluber, Linn.; Plin. 29, 4, 18, § 65: aspide ad corpus admoto, Cic. Rab. Post. 9: si scieris aspidem occulte latere uspiam, id. Fin. 2, 18, 59; Isid. Orig. 12, 4, 12.—
II A shield, = ἀσπίς, Just. Nov. 85 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) aspis,¹⁴ ĭdis, f. (ἀσπίς),
1 aspic : Cic. Nat. 3, 47
2 bouclier : Novell. Just. 85, 4.
m., Prud. Symm. 2, præf. 36.
