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ασπίδα
shield /aˈspiða/
nounB2#2616 most common
Also: protective shield (figurative), buckler
Example sentences
Ο στρατιώτης κρατάει την ασπίδα του.
The soldier holds his shield.
Η ασπίδα είναι μεγάλη και βαριά.
The shield is big and heavy.
Στην αρχαία Ελλάδα, οι πολεμιστές πήγαιναν στη μάχη με ασπίδα και δόρυ.
In ancient Greece, warriors went into battle with shield and spear.
Ο στόλος λειτούργησε ως ασπίδα κατά των εχθρικών πλοίων.
The fleet acted as a shield against enemy ships.
Το εμβόλιο λειτουργεί ως ασπίδα προστασίας απέναντι στον ιό.
The vaccine acts as a protective shield against the virus.
Η ρητορική περί εθνικής ασφάλειας χρησιμοποιήθηκε ως ασπίδα για να δικαιολογηθούν τα περιοριστικά μέτρα.
The rhetoric of national security was used as a shield to justify the restrictive measures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ασπίδα | ασπίδες |
| Genitive | ασπίδας | ασπίδων |
| Accusative | ασπίδα | ασπίδες |
| Vocative | ασπίδα | ασπίδες |
Word family
ασπιδοφόροςshield-bearer, shield-bearing
ασπιδίσκηsmall shield, buckler
ασπιδωτόςfitted with a shield, armored
ασπιδοειδήςshield-shaped
Etymology
The word comes from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís), genitive ἀσπίδος, which named the large round shield carried by hoplites. Linguists cannot trace it to a secure Indo-European root, and many treat it as a loanword from a pre-Greek substrate language spoken in the Aegean before Greek arrived. The form has stayed remarkably stable from Homer to today.
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