Lexical Definition

‎ἀσπίς‎ aspís (as-pece') asp ^G:N-F
of uncertain derivation

asp.

• a buckler (or round shield)
• used of a serpent (as coiling itself), probably the "asp"

Abbott-Smith

ἀσπίς, -ίδος, ἡ, [in LXX for פֶּתֶן, etc.;]
an asp: Ro 3:13.†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἀσπίς, ίδος, ἡ,

shield, εὔκυκλος[Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to Thracian πέλτη and Persian γέρρον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδα ῥῖψαι, ἀποβαλεῖν, [Refs 6th c.BC+]: to estimate a victory, ἀσπίδας ἔλαβον ὡς διακοσίας[Refs 5th c.BC+]

__2 collective, body of men-at-arms, ὀκτακισχιλίη ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 military phrases, ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδας πέντε καὶ εἴκοσι τάξασθαι to be drawn up twenty-five deep or in file, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπὶ μιᾶς ἀσπίδος in single line, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπ᾽ ἀσπίδα, παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα (opposed to ἐπὶ δόρυ), on the left, towards or to the left, because the shield was on the left arm, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but παρ᾽ ἀσπίδα, literally, beside the shield, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ἀ. στῆναι stand in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; παρ᾽ ἀ. βεβηκέναι[Refs]; ἀσπίδας συγκλείειν (compare συγκλείω); ἀσπίδα τίθεσθαι serve in the ranks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; but θέσθαι τὰς ἀ. pile shields, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐπειδὰν ἀ. ψοφῇ when the shields ring, i.e. when two bodies of men meet in a charge, [Refs]; ἀσπίδα ἀναδέξαι, ἆραι, as a signal, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 of a round, flat bowl, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__5 boss on a door, [Refs]
__II asp, Egyptian cobra, Coluber haié, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; a play on signff. I and II, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 ornament in this form, [Refs]