ῥιψασπία
ὥσπερ σελήνη γ' ἡλίῳ· τὴν μὲν χρόαν ἰδεῖν ὁμοιόν ἔστι θάλπει δ' οὐδαμῶς → like the moon to the sun: its color is similar to the eye, but it does not give off any heat
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ῥίπτω, ἀσπίς) throwing away of the shield, Sch. Hermog. in Rh.4.253 W.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
ῥιψασπία: ἡ, τὸ ῥίπτειν ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τὴν ἀσπίδα καὶ φεύγειν, Σχόλ. εἰς Ἑρμογ. ἐν Ρήτορσι (Walz) τ. 4, σ. 253, 17.
Greek Monolingual
ἡ, Α ῥίψασπις το να τρέπεται κανείς σε φυγή την ώρα της μάχης.
Translations
cowardice
Arabic: جَبَانَة; Egyptian Arabic: جبانة; Armenian: վախկոտություն, երկչոտություն; Azerbaijani: qorxaqlıq; Belarusian: трусасць, палахлі́васць, баязлі́васць, маладушнасць; Bulgarian: страхливост, малодушие; Catalan: covardia; Cebuano: katalawan; Chinese Mandarin: 膽怯／胆怯, 怯懦; Czech: zbabělost; Danish: fejhed; Dutch: lafheid; Esperanto: malkuraĝeco; Estonian: argus; Finnish: pelkuruus; French: lâcheté, couardise; Galician: covardía; Georgian: სიმხდალე; German: Feigheit, Kleinmut, Ängstlichkeit; Greek: δειλία, ανανδρία; Ancient Greek: ἀνάλκεια, ἀναλκείη, ἀνανδρία, ἀποδειλίασις, ἀποκάκησις, ἀτολμία, ἀψυχία, δειλανδρία, δειλία, δειλίη, δειλότης, κακανδρία, κάκη, κακία, κακότης, μικροθυμία, ὀλιγοθυμία, ὀλιγοψυχία, ὀλιγοψυχίη, πονηρία, ῥιψασπία, ταπεινότης, ὑποστολή; Guaraní: py'amirĩ; Hebrew: פַּחְדָנוּת; Hindi: कायरता, बुज़दिली; Hungarian: gyávaság; Icelandic: gunguskapur, heigulsháttur, ragmennska, bleyði; Ido: poltroneso, deskurajo; Ilocano: takrot; Indonesian: kepengecutan; Interlingua: coardia; Italian: codardia, viltà, pusillanimità, vigliaccheria; Ivatan: katahaw; Japanese: 憶病, 卑怯; Kazakh: жүрексіздік, қорқақтық; Korean: 비겁(卑怯); Kurdish Northern Kurdish: newêrekî, tirsokî, tirsonekî, bêcesaretî, bêcuretî; Kyrgyz: коркоктук, жүрөксүздүк; Ladino: kagadero, kagatina; Latin: ignavia; Latvian: gļēvulība; Lithuanian: bailumas; Macedonian: кукавичлук, плашливост; Malayalam: ഭീരുത്വം; Middle English: cowardnesse, cowardie, cowardise; Norwegian Bokmål: feighet; Nynorsk: feigskap; Old English: ierġþ; Old Norse: bleyði, argskapr, hugbleyði, geitarhugr, klaeki, ragmennska, ragskapr, regi; Ottoman Turkish: یوركسزلك, طبانسزلق; Persian: بزدلی; Polish: tchórzostwo, tchórzliwość, bojaźliwość; Portuguese: covardia; Romanian: poltronerie, lașitate; Russian: трусость, трусливость, малодушие, боязливость, бздение; Scottish Gaelic: cladhaireachd; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: кукавѝчлук, стра̀шљиво̄ст, пла̀шљиво̄ст, боја̀жљиво̄ст; Roman: kukavìčluk, stràšljivōst, plàšljivōst, bojàžljivōst; Slovak: zbabelosť; Slovene: boječnost, strahopetnost; Spanish: cobardía; Swedish: feghet; Tagalog: kaduwagan, karuwagan; Tajik: буздилӣ, тарсончакӣ; Tarifit: tiggʷdi; Tatar: куркаклык; Telugu: పిరికితనము; Thai: ความขี้ขลาด; Turkish: korkaklık; Turkmen: gorkaklyk; Ukrainian: боягузтво, малодушність; Urdu: بُزْدِلی; Uyghur: قورقۇنچاقلىق; Uzbek: qoʻrqoqlik, yuraksizlik; Vietnamese: tính nhút nhát; Volapük: dredöf
