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πελταστής

First declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πελταστής πελταστοῦ

Structure: πελταστ (Stem) + ης (Ending)

Etym.: pelta/zw

Sense

  1. one who bears a light shield, a targeteer

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πελταστής πελταστᾱ́ πελτασταί
Genitive πελταστοῦ πελτασταῖν πελταστῶν
Dative πελταστῇ πελτασταῖν πελτασταῖς
Accusative πελταστήν πελταστᾱ́ πελταστᾱ́ς
Vocative πελταστά πελταστᾱ́ πελτασταί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ ἐγένετο δύναμισ τῷ Ἀσὰ ὁπλοφόρων αἰρόντων θυρεοὺσ καὶ δόρατα ἐν γῇ Ἰούδα τριακόσιαι χιλιάδεσ καὶ ἐν γῇ Βενιαμὶν πελτασταὶ καὶ τοξόται διακόσιαι καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα χιλιάδεσ, πάντεσ οὗτοι πολεμισταὶ δυνάμεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 14:8)
  • καὶ ἐκ τοῦ Βενιαμὶν δυνατὸσ δυνάμεωσ Ἐλιαδὰ καὶ μετ’ αὐτοῦ τοξόται καὶ πελτασταὶ διακόσιαι χιλιάδεσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 17:17)
  • τὰ πολλὰ δ’ οἱ τοιοῦτοι ἐν ταῖσ μάχαισ πελτασταὶ εἰσιν. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 13:11)
  • "νῦν τοίνυν," ἦ δ’ ὅσ, "περιθέουσιν πελτασταὶ λαβεῖν Ἡρακλείδην ζητοῦντεσ, ὁ δὲ εἶναί πῃ ταύτῃ κινδυνεύει· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 164:7)
  • καὶ οἱ μὲν πελτασταὶ ὥσπερ εἰκὸσ ἐφ’ ἁρπαγὴν ἐτρέποντο· (Xenophon, Minor Works, , chapter 1 34:4)

Synonyms

  1. one who bears a light shield

Related

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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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