aspis

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈæspɪs/ === Noun === aspis (plural aspides) (historical) A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers. (archaic) An asp or generic venomous snake (palynology) A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain ==== Coordinate terms ==== (type of shield): hoplon (ring of exine): annulus ==== Derived terms ==== === Anagrams === IASPs, Passi, AISPs, apsis == Dutch == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Was the Middle Dutch word directly borrowed from Latin?”) From Middle Dutch aspis, (ultimately) from Latin aspis, from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑs.pɪs/ Hyphenation: as‧pis === Noun === aspis m (plural aspides or aspides, no diminutive) asp ==== Derived terms ==== aspisadder aspisslang Egyptische aspis == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === aspis m plural of aspi == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “round shield or asp”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈas.pɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈas.pis] === Noun === aspis f (genitive aspidis); third declension asp (venomous snake) viper ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: àspid → English: aspis → Galician: áspide → Italian: aspide → Portuguese: áspide → Spanish: áspid === References === “aspis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “aspis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “aspis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “aspis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “aspis”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly “aspis”, in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press == Spanish == === Noun === aspis m pl plural of aspi