ἀσπιστής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ιστής (-istḗs)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pis.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /as.pisˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /as.pisˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /as.pisˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /as.pisˈtis/
Noun
ἀσπιστής • (aspistḗs) m (genitive ἀσπιστᾶο); first declension
- (Epic) one armed with a shield, warrior
- Synonym: ἀσπιδιώτης (aspidiṓtēs)
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἀσπιστής aspistḗs |
ἀσπιστᾱ́ aspistā́ |
ἀσπισταί aspistaí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | ἀσπιστᾶο / ἀσπιστέω / ἀσπιστῶ aspistâo / aspistéō / aspistô |
ἀσπισταῖῐ̈ν aspistaîĭ̈n |
ἀσπιστᾱ́ων / ἀσπιστέων / ἀσπιστῶν aspistā́ōn / aspistéōn / aspistôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | ἀσπιστῇ aspistēî |
ἀσπισταῖῐ̈ν aspistaîĭ̈n |
ἀσπιστῇσῐ / ἀσπιστῇσῐν / ἀσπιστῇς / ἀσπισταῖς aspistēîsĭ(n) / aspistēîs / aspistaîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | ἀσπιστήν aspistḗn |
ἀσπιστᾱ́ aspistā́ |
ἀσπιστᾱ́ς aspistā́s | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀσπιστᾰ́ aspistắ |
ἀσπιστᾱ́ aspistā́ |
ἀσπισταί aspistaí | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- ὑπερασπιστής (huperaspistḗs)
Further reading
- “ἀσπιστής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἀσπιστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσπιστής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἀσπιστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press