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A. hold a shield before, τειχῶν Aristid. Or. 26(14).84; τοῦ πατρός, τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς, Philostr. Her. 3.4, Hdn. 6.2.5; ὅπλα π. λόγων Them. Or. 16.200b; κύνες π. τῶν δεσποτῶν Ph. 2.200: c. acc., cover with a shield, D.H. 6.93:—Pass., to be covered with shields, τοῖς ὁπλίταις by them, Hld. 9.14.

II. put forward as a shield, τιvὰ εἰς θώρακα Id. 3.3.