shield
shield
subs.
P. and V. ἀσπί̆ς, ἡ, V. σά̆κος, τό, κύκλος, ὁ.
Small shield: Ar. and V. πέλτη, ἡ.
Wicker shield: P. γέρρον, τό (Xen.), V. ἰ̄τέα, ἡ, ἴ̆τῠς, ἡ (also Xen.).
Soldiers armed with wicker shields: P. γερροφόροι, οἱ.
Met., protection: V. σά̆κος, τό (Aesch. Supp. 190); see defence.
Arm oneself with a shield, v.: Ar. ἐνασπῐδοῦσθαι.
With white shield, adj.: V. λεύκασπις.
With golden shield: V. χρύσασπις.
One who throws his shield away: Ar. ἀσπῐδᾰποβλής, ὁ.
subs.
P. and V. ἀσπί̆ς, ἡ, V. σά̆κος, τό, κύκλος, ὁ.
Small shield: Ar. and V. πέλτη, ἡ.
Wicker shield: P. γέρρον, τό (Xen.), V. ἰ̄τέα, ἡ, ἴ̆τῠς, ἡ (also Xen.).
Soldiers armed with wicker shields: P. γερροφόροι, οἱ.
Met., protection: V. σά̆κος, τό (Aesch. Supp. 190); see defence.
Arm oneself with a shield, v.: Ar. ἐνασπῐδοῦσθαι.
With white shield, adj.: V. λεύκασπις.
With golden shield: V. χρύσασπις.
One who throws his shield away: Ar. ἀσπῐδᾰποβλής, ὁ.
shield
v. trans.
Cover: P. and V. κρύπτειν, συγκρύπτειν ; see cover.
Shelter: P. σκεπάζειν (Xen.).
Protect: P. and V. φῠλάσσειν, φρουρεῖν, διᾰφῠλάσσειν, V. ἐκφῠλάσσειν ; see protect.
Defend: P. and V. ἀ̆μύ̄νειν, (dat.) Ar. and P. ἐπᾰμύ̄νειν (dat.).
Champion: P. and V. προστᾰτεῖν (gen.), προΐστασθαι (gen.).
v. trans.
Cover: P. and V. κρύπτειν, συγκρύπτειν ; see cover.
Shelter: P. σκεπάζειν (Xen.).
Protect: P. and V. φῠλάσσειν, φρουρεῖν, διᾰφῠλάσσειν, V. ἐκφῠλάσσειν ; see protect.
Defend: P. and V. ἀ̆μύ̄νειν, (dat.) Ar. and P. ἐπᾰμύ̄νειν (dat.).
Champion: P. and V. προστᾰτεῖν (gen.), προΐστασθαι (gen.).
SHIELD
PROP. clipeus (a large shield round or oval): scutum (large oblong): parma (small round): pelta (small and light of various shapes usually with a semicircular indentation on one side pelta lunata).
Figuratively Defence Vid.
PROP. clipeus (a large shield round or oval): scutum (large oblong): parma (small round): pelta (small and light of various shapes usually with a semicircular indentation on one side pelta lunata).
Figuratively Defence Vid.
shield (subs.):
I. For defending the body:
1. scūtum (most usual word; properly of an oblong shape): to take off the coverings from s.s (in preparing for action), scutis tegimenta detrahere, Caes. B. G. 2, 21 to throw away one's s. and flee, abjecto scuto fugere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: to abandon one's s., s. relinquere, Tac. G. 6.
2. clĭpeus, also written clŭpeus and cly̆peus (a round brazen shield carried by Grecian soldiers): an oblong in the place of a round s., scutum pro clipeo, Liv. 1, 43, init.: to receive blows upon a s., excipere ictus clipeo, Ov. M. 12, 375: Cic. Rarer form of the above, clĭpeum: cf. Liv. 34, 52, med. (ad hoc clipea argentea decem): Virg. Dimin., clĭpĕŏlum (v. rare and late) Hyg. Fab. 139.
3. parma (= Greek πάρμη a small round shield carried by light infantry and cavalry): they leap down from their horses and hold their s.s before the antesignani, desiliunt ex equis et pro antesignanis p. objiciunt, Liv. 2, 20, fin.: this soldier has a s. three feet in diameter, hic miles tripedalem p. habet, id. 38, 21, fin. Dimin., parmŭla (v. rare) Hor. Od. 2, 7, 10 (relicta non bene parmula).
4. pelta (= Gk. πέλτη; a small light target, usu. crescent-shaped): the kind of s. called the pelta is not unlike the small Spanish s., p. cetrae haud dissimilis est, Liv. 28, 5, fin.: Virg.: see also Smith's Antiq. 882.
5. cētra (caetra; prob. a Spanish word; the small shield used by the Spaniards, Britons, etc.): immense swords and short s.s, gladii ingentes et breves c., Tac. Agr. 36, init. Fig.: the hides of elephants too form impenetrable s.s, elephantorum quoque tergora impenetrabiles c. habent, Plin. 11, 39, 93.
6. ancīle (an oval shield, Aen. 7, 188: esp. the one said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa, or those made in imitation of it): coelestia arma, quae ancilia appellantur, Liv. 1, 20, med.
7. arma, orum (usu. implements of warfare of any kind, but also used specifically for a shield): his friends bore the corpse upon their s.s, socii exanimem super arma ferebant, Virg. Aen. 10, 841.
8. umbo, ōnis, m. (lit., any convex elevation, hence the boss on a s.: meton., a shield): there, as the king was getting up, he throws him down again on his back with his s., assurgentem ibi regem umbone resupinat, Liv. 4, 19, med.: Virg.: Lucan.
II. Fig.: shelter, defence: praesĭdium, tūtāmen, etc.: vPROTECTION , REFUGE , SHELTER .
III. In heraldry, the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms: *scūtum.
IV. A botanical term: perh. scūtŭlum.
I. For defending the body:
1. scūtum (most usual word; properly of an oblong shape): to take off the coverings from s.s (in preparing for action), scutis tegimenta detrahere, Caes. B. G. 2, 21 to throw away one's s. and flee, abjecto scuto fugere, Cic. Tusc. 2, 23, 54: to abandon one's s., s. relinquere, Tac. G. 6.
2. clĭpeus, also written clŭpeus and cly̆peus (a round brazen shield carried by Grecian soldiers): an oblong in the place of a round s., scutum pro clipeo, Liv. 1, 43, init.: to receive blows upon a s., excipere ictus clipeo, Ov. M. 12, 375: Cic. Rarer form of the above, clĭpeum: cf. Liv. 34, 52, med. (ad hoc clipea argentea decem): Virg. Dimin., clĭpĕŏlum (v. rare and late) Hyg. Fab. 139.
3. parma (= Greek πάρμη a small round shield carried by light infantry and cavalry): they leap down from their horses and hold their s.s before the antesignani, desiliunt ex equis et pro antesignanis p. objiciunt, Liv. 2, 20, fin.: this soldier has a s. three feet in diameter, hic miles tripedalem p. habet, id. 38, 21, fin. Dimin., parmŭla (v. rare) Hor. Od. 2, 7, 10 (relicta non bene parmula).
4. pelta (= Gk. πέλτη; a small light target, usu. crescent-shaped): the kind of s. called the pelta is not unlike the small Spanish s., p. cetrae haud dissimilis est, Liv. 28, 5, fin.: Virg.: see also Smith's Antiq. 882.
5. cētra (caetra; prob. a Spanish word; the small shield used by the Spaniards, Britons, etc.): immense swords and short s.s, gladii ingentes et breves c., Tac. Agr. 36, init. Fig.: the hides of elephants too form impenetrable s.s, elephantorum quoque tergora impenetrabiles c. habent, Plin. 11, 39, 93.
6. ancīle (an oval shield, Aen. 7, 188: esp. the one said to have fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa, or those made in imitation of it): coelestia arma, quae ancilia appellantur, Liv. 1, 20, med.
7. arma, orum (usu. implements of warfare of any kind, but also used specifically for a shield): his friends bore the corpse upon their s.s, socii exanimem super arma ferebant, Virg. Aen. 10, 841.
8. umbo, ōnis, m. (lit., any convex elevation, hence the boss on a s.: meton., a shield): there, as the king was getting up, he throws him down again on his back with his s., assurgentem ibi regem umbone resupinat, Liv. 4, 19, med.: Virg.: Lucan.
II. Fig.: shelter, defence: praesĭdium, tūtāmen, etc.: v
III. In heraldry, the escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms: *scūtum.
IV. A botanical term: perh. scūtŭlum.
shield (v.): i. e. to cover as with a shield: tĕgo, 3: v. TO SHELTER .
ἀσπίς
ἀσπίς, ἀσπίδος, ἡ, shield
σάκος
a shield
a shield of wild bull’s hide
βοείη
an ox-hide, ox-hide shield
θυρέασπις
a large shield
θυρεαφόρος
carrying a (door-shaped) shield
λαισήϊον
animal’s skin with hair left on; a light shield, target
πελτάριον
a little shield (πέλτη)
προβαλλός
shield
προθωράκιον
shield
ἀσπίζω
shield, protect
ἀσπιδεῖον
shield
ἀσπίς, ἀσπίδος, ἡ, shield
σάκος
a shield
appearing fewer than 50 times
βοάγριονa shield of wild bull’s hide
βοείη
an ox-hide, ox-hide shield
θυρέασπις
a large shield
θυρεαφόρος
carrying a (door-shaped) shield
λαισήϊον
animal’s skin with hair left on; a light shield, target
πελτάριον
a little shield (πέλτη)
προβαλλός
shield
προθωράκιον
shield
ἀσπίζω
shield, protect
ἀσπιδεῖον
shield
clipeus
a round shield of metal
scutum
a shield, Roman shield, infantry shield, buckler
parma
a small round shield, light shield, target (for cavalry or light infantry)
the shield of Jupiter, with the head of Medusa borne by Minerva; a shield, defence
parmula
a little shield
pelta
a light shield, shaped like a half-moon, pelt, Thracian shield
scutulum
a small shield
a round shield of metal
scutum
a shield, Roman shield, infantry shield, buckler
parma
a small round shield, light shield, target (for cavalry or light infantry)
appearing fewer than 50 times
aegisthe shield of Jupiter, with the head of Medusa borne by Minerva; a shield, defence
parmula
a little shield
pelta
a light shield, shaped like a half-moon, pelt, Thracian shield
scutulum
a small shield
shield
, The, of Hesiod
- quoted: Apollod. 2.4.2
shield
Shields
- invention of: Apollod. 2.1.5
- Amazonian: Paus. 1.41.7
- Argolic: Paus. 2.25.7, Paus. 8.50.1
- Celtic: Paus. 8.50.1
- Gallic: Paus. 10.19.4, Paus. 10.21.3
- Persian: Paus. 8.50.1, Paus. 10.19.4
- oblong: Paus. 8.50.1
- bronze: Paus. 1.15.4, Paus. 2.21.4, Paus. 5.12.8, Paus. 9.16.5, Paus. 10.11.6
- bronze-plated shield: Paus. 6.19.4
- golden shields on Acropolis at Athens: Paus. 1.25.7
- golden shield dedicated by Croesus to Athena at Delphi: Paus. 10.8.7
- golden shields hung by Athenians and Aetolians as trophies on architrave of temple of Apollo: Paus. 10.19.4
- golden shield with Gorgon Medusa hung by Lacedaemonians as trophy in gable of temple of Zeus: Paus. 5.10.4
- gilded shields hung by Mummius as trophies on outer frieze of temple of Zeus: Paus. 5.10.5
- shields smeared with pitch to preserve them: Paus. 1.15.4
- Achaeans exchange oblong for Argolic shields: Paus. 8.50.1
- shield of Aristomenes: Paus. 4.16.5, 7, Paus. 4.32.5, 6, Paus. 9.39.14
- of Athena: Paus. 1.24.7
- of Epaminondas: Paus. 8.11.8
- of Menelaus: Paus. 10.26.3
- shields of Lacedaemonians: Paus. 1.15.4, Paus. 9.16.5
- of Scionians: Paus. 1.15.4
- carved on tombstones: Paus. 2.25.7, Paus. 8.11.8, Paus. 9.25.2
- first battle in which combatants were armed with: Paus. 2.25.7
- races between men carrying shields: Paus. 2.11.8, Paus. 3.14.3, Paus. 5.8.10, Paus. 5.12.8
- Scutcheons
Shields
See arma; clipeus; scutum.