Ἀσπιδηφόροι

[Meaning] warriors.¹ Also [sc. attested is the variant] a)spidiw/ths ["shield-man"], [meaning] one who manoeuvres a shield.² Also [sc. attested is] a)spido/n ["shield-wise"], an adverb,³ [meaning] after the manner of sunaspismo/s ["shield by shield"]. Also [sc. attested is] a)spidophgei=on ["shield-maker's shop"], [the place] in which the shield is forged.⁴
Which weapon is a little scutum.⁵
Also the military formation [sc. of that name].⁶ Aristophanes [writes]: "all of you stand in order in three shields."⁷
Also [sc. attested is] a)spisth=res ["shield-men"], [meaning] guards. Sophocles [writes]: "but, shield-men men [and] people of the sea, on you and on that man I lay this obligation."⁸