προασπ-ίζω,
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 ὁπλίταιςby them, Hld. 9.14 .
II. put forward as a shield,
τιϝὰ εἰς θώρακα
Id. 3.3
.