ἀσπίδιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”) +‎ -ιον (-ion, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /as.pí.di.on/ → /asˈpi.ði.on/ → /asˈpi.ði.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /as.pí.di.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /asˈpi.di.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /asˈpi.ði.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /asˈpi.ði.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /asˈpi.ði.on/

Noun

ἀσπῐ́δῐον • (aspídion) n (genitive ἀσπῐδῐ́ου); second declension

1. small shield
2. part of the prow of a ship
3. saffron thistle (Carthamus lanatus)

   Synonym: ἀτρᾰκτῠλῐ́ς (atraktulís)

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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 (2006–2024)