English Dictionary

aspis

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæspɪs/

名詞

古語

A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers / (archaic) An asp or generic venomous snake / (palynology) A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain

日本語の意味

古代ギリシャの兵士が持っていた円形の盾 / （古語）アスプ、または一般的な有毒な蛇 / （花粉学）花粉粒の孔の周りにある厚くなった外層の目立つ環状部分

The hoplite raised his aspis to block the incoming spear.

重装歩兵は飛んでくる槍を防ぐために円形の盾を掲げた。

意味（1）

A type of round shield borne by ancient Greek soldiers

shield both large and tough has never said that aspides are small and weak […]

意味（2）

(archaic) An asp or generic venomous snake

Flesh dipped in the sea Ægeum will never be sweet; the herb Trigion being once bit with an aspis never groweth, and conscience once stained with innocent blood is always tied to a guilty remorse.

意味（3）

(palynology) A prominent ring of thickened exine around a pore on a pollen grain

As might be expected, characters of the aspides themselves are not of much value in pollen identification, but they are easily recognized and many three-pored, aspidate grains are broadly categorized as betuloid in studies of airborne pollen.

aspides （ plural ）