ῥιψασπία
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ἡ, (ῥίπτω, ἀσπίς)
A 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.
