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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

  • οὐκ ἀγνοῶ δ’ ὅτι τὰ αὐτὰ ταῦτα εἴρηκεν ὁ Ἔφιπποσ κἀν Πελταστῇ τῷ δράματι, ἐν ᾧ καὶ ταῦτα ἐκείνοισ ὑποτέτακται· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 38 2:6)
  • καὶ ὁ Οὐλπιανὸσ ἔφιπποσ, ἔφη, ἐν Πελταστῇ ’ ἔνθ’ ὄνων ἵππων τε στάσεισ καὶ γεύματα οἴνων Ἀντιφάνησ δ’ ἐν Διδύμοισ· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 25 8:1)
  • μέλλοντα δειπνίζειν γὰρ ἄνδρα Θετταλὸν οὐκ Ἀττικηρῶσ οὐδ’ ἀπηκριβωμένωσ λιμῷ με παρατεῖναι τὸν ἄνδρα δεῖ καθ’ ἓν ἕκαστον αὐτῷ παρατιθέντα μεγαλείωσ δέ εὐτράπεζοι δ’ εἰσὶν ὄντωσ οἱ Θετταλοί, καθὰ καὶ Ἔριφόσ φησιν ἐν Πελταστῇ οὕτωσ τάδ’ οὐ Κόρινθοσ οὐδὲ Λαίσ, ὦ Σύρε, οὐδ’ εὐτραπέζων Θετταλῶν ξένων τροφαί, ὧν οὐκ ἄμοιροσ ἥδε χεὶρ ἐγίνετο. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 14 1:1)
  • μνημονεύει δ’ αὐτῶν Ἔφιπποσ ἐν Πελταστῇ λέγων ὧδε· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 7, book 7, chapter 33 1:3)

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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