ρίψασπις

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ἡ Νέμεσις προλέγει τῷ πήχεϊ τῷ τε χαλινῷ μήτ' ἄμετρόν τι ποιεῖν μήτ' ἀχάλινα λέγειν → Nemesis warns us by her cubit-rule and bridle neither to do anything without measure nor to be unbridled in our speech

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Greek Monolingual

ο, η, ΝΑ
1. αυτός που ρίχνει την ασπίδα του και τρέπεται σε φυγή την ώρα της μάχης, αυτός που εγκαταλείπει τα όπλα από φόβο
2. (γενικά) φυγόμαχος, δειλός.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. Σύνθ. του τύπου τερψίμβροτος < ῥίπτω + ἀσπίς, -ίδος (πρβλ. μίκρ-ασπις, φέρ-ασπις)].