Word: hypaspists
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: hy
pas
pists
Definition: Plural of hypaspist. A type of lightly armoured foot soldier equipped with an aspis (shield) and spear.
Morphemes:
Affix: hypaspist
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A type of lightly armoured foot soldier equipped with an aspis (shield) and spear.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: ὑπό
Language: grc
Decoded: upo
Meaning: under
Affix: ἀ-
Language: grc
Decoded: a-
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: The alpha privativum, used to make words that have a sense opposite to the word (or stem) to which the prefix is attached. It is also known as privative a and alpha privative.
Affix: σπίζω
Language: grc
Decoded: spizo
Meaning: to extend
Affix: -τής
Language: grc
Decoded: -tes
Meaning: suffix forming agent noun
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the plural of nouns that correctly take just an "s" in the plural. See greengrocer’s apostrophe.