ἀσπιδεῖον

A. shield, IG 2.720 B i 16 (iv B.C.), cf. Rev.Épigr. 1.239 (Naples, ii A.D.): pl., defined as αἱ πτυχαὶ τῶν ἀσπίδων, Hsch.

II. part of the prow of a ship, Id.

III. = ἀσπίδιον (?), POxy. 473.8 (ii A. D.), BGU 362 x 6 (iii A. D.).