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προασπιστής

From LSJ

Οὔτ' ἐν φθιμένοις οὔτ' ἐν ζωοῖσιν ἀριθμουμένη, χωρὶς δή τινα τῶνδ' ἔχουσα μοῖραν → Neither among the dead nor the living do I count myself, having a lot apart from these

Euripides, Suppliants, 968
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Transliteration A: proaspistḗs Transliteration B: proaspistēs Transliteration C: proaspistis Beta Code: proaspisth/s

English (LSJ)

προασπιστοῦ, ὁ, = προασπιστήρ (one who holds a shield before, champion), DH. 3.14 (dub.l.), Ph. 1.638.

German (Pape)

[Seite 709] ὁ, = Vorigem, D. Hal. 3, 14.

Greek Monolingual

ο, ΝΜΑ, θηλ. προασπίστρια, Ν
υπερασπιστής, προστάτης («τῆς ἀληθείας προασπισταί», Φώτ.).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < προασπίζω. Ο τ. του θηλ. προασπίστρια μαρτυρείται από το 1897 στην εφημερίδα Ακρόπολις].