Related to: ἀσπῐδ-ίσκος, ὁ,
diminutive of ἀσπίς, boss, [[Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.743] Refs 8th c.BC+]; wide end of a clyster-pipe, [[ {5th c.AD}: Caelius Aurelianus Medicus “TP” 4.3] Refs 5th c.AD+]:—also ἀσπῐδ-ίσκη, ἡ, boss, disk, [[ Jahresh. 16 “Beibl.” 51 (Athens, 3rd c.BC), “SIG” 2588.31 (Delos, 2nd c.BC), “Ausonia” 10.171 (from Perga), LXX.Exo.36.26 (39.18)] LXX+3rd c.BC+]; small shield, [[ 1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 1.2, 2nd-1st c.BC(?): Hero Mechanicus “Dioptra” 5, etc.] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; name of a constellation, [[ 1st c.BC: Ptolemaeus Epigrammaticus “Alm.” 8.1: ἀσπιδίσκιον, τό, “IG” 2.733 A ii 7, 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 3.91, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 14.724] Refs 1st c.BC+]; and ἀσπῐδ-ισκάριον, τό, [[ 6th c.AD: Lydus, Joannes Laurentius Historicus “Mag.” 1.11] Refs 6th c.AD+].