ἀσπιδεῖον
From LSJ
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
τό, part of
A shield, IG2.720Bi 16 (iv B.C.), cf. Rev.Épigr. 1.239 (Naples, ii A.D.): pl., defined as αἱ πτυχαὶ τῶν ἀσπίδων, Hsch.
II part of the prow of a ship, Id.
III = ἀσπίδιον (?), POxy.473.8 (ii A. D.), BGU362 x 6 (iii A. D.).
