I. The asp, viper: Coluber, Linn.; Plin. 29, 4, 18, § 65: “aspide ad corpus admoto,” Cic. Rab. Post. 9: “si scieris aspidem occulte latere uspiam,” id. Fin. 2, 18, 59; Isid. Orig. 12, 4, 12.—
II. A shield, = ἀσπίς, Just. Nov. 85 fin.
aspis , ĭdis, f. (acc. Gr. aspida, Luc. 9, 701; plur. aspidas, Cic. N. D. 3, 19, 47) [ἀσπίς, com. shield, rarely an asp; this order of frequency is reversed in Lat.].
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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