ἀσπίδιον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) + -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /as.pí.di.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /asˈpi.di.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /asˈpi.ði.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /asˈpi.ði.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /asˈpi.ði.on/
Noun
ἀσπῐ́δῐον • (aspídion) n (genitive ἀσπῐδῐ́ου); second declension
- small shield
- part of the prow of a ship
- saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ ἀσπῐ́δῐον; τοῦ ἀσπῐδῐ́ου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nominative | τὸ ἀσπῐ́δῐον tò aspídion | τὼ ἀσπῐδῐ́ω tṑ aspidíō | τᾰ̀ ἀσπῐ́δῐᾰ tà aspídia | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἀσπῐδῐ́ου toû aspidíou | τοῖν ἀσπῐδῐ́οιν toîn aspidíoin | τῶν ἀσπῐδῐ́ων tôn aspidíōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἀσπῐδῐ́ῳ tôi aspidíōi | τοῖν ἀσπῐδῐ́οιν toîn aspidíoin | τοῖς ἀσπῐδῐ́οις toîs aspidíois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ ἀσπῐ́δῐον tò aspídion | τὼ ἀσπῐδῐ́ω tṑ aspidíō | τᾰ̀ ἀσπῐ́δῐᾰ tà aspídia | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀσπῐ́δῐον aspídion | ἀσπῐδῐ́ω aspidíō | ἀσπῐ́δῐᾰ aspídia | ||||||||||
Notes: |
|
Further reading
- ἀσπίδιον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀσπίδιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀσπίδιον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2019)