ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΖΟΝ, συνασπιζον
SYNASPIZON, synaspizon
Sounds Like: soon-AS-pi-zon
Translations: forming a shield-wall, standing shoulder to shoulder, fighting together, uniting
From the root: ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the action of forming a shield-wall, standing shoulder to shoulder, or uniting in a common cause, often in a military context. It implies a close formation for defense or attack, or more broadly, working together in a unified manner. It is a compound word formed from 'σύν' (together with) and 'ἀσπίζω' (to shield or defend).
Inflection: Imperfect Indicative, Active, Third Person, Plural; or Present Participle, Nominative/Accusative, Neuter, Singular
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 4:20
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΕΙΝ — to shield together, to join shields, to unite in defense, to form a shield-wall
- ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΖΕΙ — to form a shield-wall, to unite, to stand together, to combine, to conspire
- ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΖΩ — to form a shield-wall, to unite in a shield-wall, to band together, to combine forces
- ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having formed a shield-wall, having united, having banded together, those who formed a shield-wall, those who united, those who banded together
- ΣΥΝΑΣΠΙΣΑΣ — having rallied together, having united, having shielded together
- ΣΥΝΗΣΠΙΚΟΤΑΣ — having shielded together, having united in defense, having formed a shield-wall
- ΣΥΝΗΣΠΙΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who have united, of those who have banded together, of those who have formed a shield wall
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