ἈΣΠΙΔΙΣΚΟΙ, ἀσπιδισκοι
ASPIDISKOI, aspidiskoi
Sounds Like: as-pi-DIS-koy
Translations: small shields, roundels, discs
From the root: ἈΣΠΙΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is a masculine plural noun, a diminutive of the word 'ἀσπίς' (aspis), meaning 'shield'. Therefore, 'ἀσπιδίσκοι' refers to small shields, or more generally, to any small, round, shield-like objects such as discs or roundels. It is used to describe items that are circular and somewhat protective or decorative in nature.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G764 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:75
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΠΙΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΠΙΔΑΣ — shields, a shield
- ἈΣΠΙΔΕΣ — shield, a shield, asp, a venomous snake, a viper
- ἈΣΠΙΔΙΣΚΑΙ — small shields, little shields, round shields, bucklers, a small shield, a little shield, a round shield, a buckler
- ἈΣΠΙΣ — shield, a shield
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