ἀσπίς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ίδος, ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[shield]], εὔκυκλος <span class="bibl">Il.14.428</span>, al.; κυκλοτερής <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.194</span>; ἀσπίδος κύκλος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>489</span>; ὀμφαλόεσσα <span class="bibl">Il.4.448</span>, al.; opp. Thracian [[πέλτη]] and Persian [[γέρρον]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>2.1.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mem.</span>3.9.2</span>; <b class="b3">ἀσπίδα ῥῖψαι, ἀποβαλεῖν</b>, <span class="bibl">Anacr.28</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>19</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.95</span>: to estimate a victory, ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίας <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.2.3</span>: metaph., οὗτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀ. οὐ μικρὰ θράσους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1437</span>; τὴν ἀ. ἀποβέβληκεν τοῦ βίον Nicostr. Com.<span class="bibl">29</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>62.47</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> collective, <b class="b2">body of men-at-arms</b>, ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.30</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>78</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>1.7.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> military phrases, <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι τάξασθαι</b> to be drawn up twenty-five [[deep]] or [[in file]], <span class="bibl">Th.4.93</span>; στρατιὰν τεταγμένην οὐκ ἐπ' ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων <span class="bibl">Id.7.79</span>; ἵστασθαι ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἀσπίδας <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>66</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἀσπίδος</b> in single line, <span class="bibl">Isoc.6.99</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπ' ἀσπίδα, παρ' ἀσπίδα</b> (opp. <b class="b3">ἐπὶ δόρυ</b>), [[on the left]], [[towards]] or [[to the left]], because the [[shield]] was on the left arm, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.5.6</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">An.</span>4.3.26</span>; παρ' ἀσπίδος <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>624</span>; ἐξ ἀσπίδος <span class="bibl">Plb.11.23.5</span>; but <b class="b3">παρ' ἀσπίδα</b>, literally, beside [[the shield]], <span class="bibl">Il. 16.400</span>; <b class="b3">παρ' ἀ. στῆναι</b> stand in [[battle]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>250</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>1001</span>; <b class="b3">παρ' ἀ. βεβηκέναι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1073</span>; ἐκπονεῖν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Or.</span>653</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>734</span>; ἐς ἀσπίδ' ἥξειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1326</span>; <b class="b3">ἀσπίδας συγκλείειν</b> (cf. [[συγκλείω]]) ; ἀσπίδα τίθεσθαι [[serve in the ranks]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>756a</span>; but <b class="b3">θέσθαι τὰς ἀ</b>. pile [[shields]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.4.12</span>; <b class="b3">ἐπειδὰν ἀ. ψοφῇ</b> when the [[shields]] ring, i.e. when two bodies of men meet in a charge, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">An.</span>4.3.29</span>; <b class="b3">ἀσπίδα ἀναδέξαι, ἆραι</b>, as a signal, <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.115</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>2.1.27</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of a round, flat bowl, <span class="bibl">Aristopho 14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[boss]] on a door, <span class="title">IG</span>4.1484.79 (Epid.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">asp, Egyptian cobra, Coluber haié</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.191</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.702</span>, <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>158</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.570</span>, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>10.31</span>; a play on signff. I and II, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>23</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[ornament]] in this form, <span class="title">OGI</span>90.43 (Rosetta).</span>