aspis

Noun

Meaning

horned vipers

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

genus Aspis genus Cerastes aegis buckler clypeus pavise pelta bosses heaters hoplon roman shield heater shield kite shield fighting shield armored shield
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Hypernyms

reptile genus

Phrases with the word

vipera aspis aspis viper

Anagrams

apsis Passi ipsas

Examples

This aspis was my father's and his father's before him. I have sworn before God to die before another man took this from my hand. He crossed to the ranks of Thespians, to a man, an obscure warrior among them. Into the fellow's grasp he placed the shield. Steven Pressfield

Of these works forming the extended Hesiodic corpus, only the Shield of Heracles ( Ἀσπὶς Ἡρακλέους main, Aspis Hērakleous) is transmitted intact via a medieval manuscript tradition. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

aspiritual aspirituality aspirometer aspis viper aspish ASPL