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
- 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 4.90
- Synonym: ἀσπιδιώτης (aspidiṓtēs)
Declension
First declension of ἀσπιστής; ἀσπιστᾶο (Epic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἀσπιστής aspistḗs | ἀσπιστᾱ́ aspistā́ | ἀσπισταί aspistaí | ||||||||||
Genitive | ἀσπιστᾶο / ἀσπιστέ͜ω / ἀσπιστῶ aspistâo / aspisté͜ō / aspistô | ἀσπισταῖν / ἀσπισταῖῐν / ἀσπιστῇῐν aspistaî(i)n / aspistêiin | ἀσπιστᾱ́ων / ἀσπιστέ͜ων / ἀσπιστῶν aspistā́ōn / aspisté͜ōn / aspistôn | ||||||||||
Dative | ἀσπιστῇ aspistêi | ἀσπισταῖν / ἀσπισταῖῐν / ἀσπιστῇῐν aspistaî(i)n / aspistêiin | ἀσπιστῇσῐ / ἀσπιστῇσῐν / ἀσπιστῇς / ἀσπισταῖς aspistêisi(n) / aspistêis / aspistaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | ἀσπιστήν aspistḗn | ἀσπιστᾱ́ aspistā́ | ἀσπιστᾱ́ς aspistā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἀσπιστᾰ́ aspistá | 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