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δελτίον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: δελτίον

Etym.: de/ltos의 지소사, Hdt.

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  • δελτίον δίπτυχον λαβὼν τὸν κηρὸν αὐτοῦ ἐξέκνησε, καὶ ἔπειτα ἐν τῷ ξύλῳ τοῦ δελτίου ἔγραψε τὴν βασιλέοσ γνώμην, ποιήσασ δὲ ταῦτα ὀπίσω ἐπέτηξε τὸν κηρὸν ἐπὶ τὰ γράμματα, ἵνα φερόμενον κεινὸν τὸ δελτίον μηδὲν πρῆγμα παρέχοι πρὸσ τῶν ὁδοφυλάκων. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 239 4:4)

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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