φέρασπις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

φέραψις (phérapsis)

Etymology

From φέρω (phérō, “to bear”) +‎ ἀσπίς (aspís, “shield”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰé.ras.pis/ → /ˈɸe.ras.pis/ → /ˈfe.ras.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰé.ras.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰe.ras.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸe.ras.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ras.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfe.ras.pis/

Adjective

φέρασπις • (phéraspis) f (genitive φέρασπιδος); third declension

1. shield-bearing, shield-bearer

Declension

Third declension of ἡ φέρασπῐς; τῆς φεράσπῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ φέρασπῐς hē phéraspĭs	τὼ φεράσπῐδε tṑ pheráspĭde	αἱ φεράσπῐδες hai pheráspĭdes
Genitive	τῆς φεράσπῐδος tês pheráspĭdos	τοῖν φερασπῐ́δοιν toîn pheraspĭ́doin	τῶν φερασπῐ́δων tôn pheraspĭ́dōn
Dative	τῇ φεράσπῐδῐ têi pheráspĭdĭ	τοῖν φερασπῐ́δοιν toîn pheraspĭ́doin	ταῖς φεράσπῐσῐ / φεράσπῐσῐν taîs pheráspĭsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν φεράσπῐδᾰ tḕn pheráspĭdă	τὼ φεράσπῐδε tṑ pheráspĭde	τᾱ̀ς φεράσπῐδᾰς tā̀s pheráspĭdăs
Vocative	φέρασπι phéraspi	φεράσπῐδε pheráspĭde	φεράσπῐδες pheráspĭdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Refrences

• φέρασπις in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “φέρασπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press