ἀσπίς: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[round]] [[shield]], Lat. [[clipeus]], of [[bull]]'s [[hide]], overlaid with [[metal]] plates, with a [[boss]] ([[ὀμφαλός]]) in the [[middle]], and [[fringed]] with tassels (θύσανοι): [[different]] from the [[oblong]] [[shield]] ([[ὅπλον]], Lat. [[scutum]]) used by the ὁπλῖται.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> in Prose, used for a [[body]] of soldiers, ὀκτακισχιλίη [[ἀσπίς]] 8, 000 men-at-[[arms]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> [[military]] phrases: ἐπ' ἀσπίδας [[πέντε]] καὶ [[εἴκοσι]] τάξασθαι to be [[drawn]] up 25 [[deep]], Thuc.; so, ἐπ' ἀσπίδων ὀλίγων τετάχθαι Thuc.; ἐπ' ἀσπίδα, παρ' ἀσπίδα (opp. to ἐπὶ [[δόρυ]]) on the [[left]], [[towards]] or to the [[left]], [[because]] the [[shield]] was on the [[left]] arm, Xen.; παρ' ἀσπ. [[στῆναι]] to [[stand]] in [[battle]]-[[array]], Eur.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> an asp, an Egyptian [[snake]], Hdt.