A.“-ιῶ” Hsch.:— to be a shield-fellow or comrade, E.Cyc.39; second or support, τινι Sch. Hermog. in Rh.7.353 W.:—Med., S.E.M.7.328 (metaph.).
II. = συνασπιδόω, Plb.4.64.6, Phld.Ir.p.52 W., Plu.Rom.18, Ascl.Tact. 4.1, etc.; fight side by side, “ἐπί τινα” Luc.Pisc.1; ς. τισί stand in line with them, D.S.17.84, cf. 4.16.