Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

παλτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: παλτός παλτή παλτόν

Structure: παλτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pa/llw

Sense

  1. brandished, hurled
  2. a light spear, jereed

Examples

  • ὁπλισμὸσ δὲ σύμμετροσ τοῖσ τῶν σωμάτων μεγέθεσι, μάχαιρα μακρὰ παρηρτημένη παρὰ τὸ δεξιὸν πλευρόν, καὶ θυρεὸσ μακρὸσ καὶ λόγχαι κατὰ λόγον καὶ μάδαρισ, πάλτου τι εἶδοσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 4, chapter 4 6:9)

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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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