πελταστής
First declension Noun; Masculine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
πελταστής
πελταστοῦ
Structure:
πελταστ
(Stem)
+
ης
(Ending)
Sense
- one who bears a light shield, a targeteer
Declension
First declension
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.
- 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)
- στρατοῦ δὲ πλῆθοσ οὐδ’ ἂν ἐν ψήφου λόγῳ θέσθαι δυναίμην, ὡσ ἄπλατον ἦν ἰδεῖν, πολλοὶ μὲν ἱππῆσ, πολλὰ πελταστῶν τέλη, πολλοὶ δ’ ἀτράκτων τοξόται, πολὺσ δ’ ὄχλοσ γυμνὴσ ὁμαρτῇ, Θρῃκίαν ἔχων στολήν. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode 2:6)
- "πελταστήσ; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 3 1:4)
- "πελταστήσ; (Plutarch, An virtus doceri possit, section 3 4:3)
- "οὔτε γὰρ ὁπλίτησ οὔτε τοξότησ οὔτε πελταστήσ. (Plutarch, De fortuna, chapter, section 5 6:2)
- "πότερον ἱππεὺσ ἢ ὁπλίτησ ἢ τοξότησ ἢ πελταστήσ; (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 6 1:2)
- "πότερον ἱππεὺσ ἢ ὁπλίτησ ἢ τοξότησ ἢ πελταστήσ; (Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, , section 62)
Synonyms
-
one who bears a light shield
- λαισήιον (a, shield or target)
- πέλτη (a small light shield, without a rim, a target)
