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|Definition=-ίδος, ἡ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[shield]], [[εὔκυκλος]] Il.14.428, al.; [[κυκλοτερής]] Hdt.1.194; ἀσπίδος [[κύκλος]] A.''Th.''489; ὀμφαλόεσσα Il.4.448, al.; opp. [[Thracian]] [[πέλτη]] and [[Persian]] [[γέρρον]], X.''An.''2.1.6, ''Mem.''3.9.2; ἀσπίδα [[ῥῖψαι]], [[ἀποβαλεῖν]], Anacr.28, Ar.''V.''19, cf. Hdt.5.95: to [[estimate]] a [[victory]], ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίας X.''HG''1.2.3: metaph., οὗτος γὰρ ἡμῖν ἀ. οὐ μικρὰ θράσους A.''Ag.''1437; τὴν ἀ. ἀποβέβληκεν τοῦ βίον Nicostr. Com.29, cf. Lib.''Or.''62.47.<br><span class="bld">2</span> collective, [[body of men-at-arms]], ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀσπίς Hdt.5.30, cf. E.''Ph.''78, X.''An.''1.7.10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> military phrases, ἐπ' ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι [[τάξασθαι]] to be drawn up twenty-five [[deep]] or in [[file]], Th.4.93; στρατιὰν τεταγμένην οὐκ ἐπ' ὀλίγων ἀσπίδων Id.7.79; [[ἵστασθαι]] ἐπὶ τρεῖς ἀσπίδας Ar.''Fr.''66; [[ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἀσπίδος]] in single line, Isoc.6.99; [[ἐπ' ἀσπίδα]], [[παρ' ἀσπίδα]] (opp. [[ἐπὶ δόρυ]]), [[on the left]], [[towards the left]] or [[to the left]], because the [[shield]] was on the [[left]] [[arm]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''7.5.6, ''An.''4.3.26; [[παρ' ἀσπίδος]] A.''Th.''624; [[ἐξ ἀσπίδος]] Plb.11.23.5; but [[παρ' ἀσπίδα]], literally, [[beside the shield]], Il. 16.400; [[παρ' ἀσπίδα στῆναι]] = [[stand]] in [[battle]], E.''Med.''250, ''Ph.''1001; παρ' ἀσπίδα [[βεβηκέναι]] ib.1073; [[ἐκπονεῖν]] Id.''Or.''653, cf. ''Hel.''734; ἐς ἀσπίδ' [[ἥξειν]] Id.''Ph.''1326; ἀσπίδας [[συγκλείειν]] (cf. [[συγκλείω]]); ἀσπίδα [[τίθεσθαι]] = [[serve]] in the [[rank]]s, Pl.''Lg.''756a; but [[θέσθαι τὰς ἀσπίδας]] = [[pile]] [[shield]]s, X.''HG''2.4.12; [[ἐπειδὰν ἀσπὶς ψοφῇ]] when the [[shield]]s [[ring]], i.e. when two bodies of men [[meet]] in a [[charge]], Id.''An.''4.3.29; ἀσπίδα [[ἀναδέξαι]], [[ἆραι]], as a [[signal]], Hdt.6.115, X.''HG''2.1.27.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of a [[round]], [[flat]] [[bowl]], Aristopho 14.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[boss]] on a [[door]], ''IG''4.1484.79 (Epid.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[asp]], [[Egyptian]] [[cobra]], [[Coluber haié]], Hdt.4.191, Men.702, Nic.''Th.''158, Ph.2.570, Ael.''NA''10.31; a play on signff. I and II, Ar.''V.''23.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ornament]] in this form, ''OGI''90.43 (Rosetta). [[File:Hoplitodromos Staatliche Antikensammlungen 1471.jpg|thumb|Hoplitodromos with aspis and full body armour depicted in a Greek vase dated to 550 BC.]]