Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πελταστικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πελταστικός πελταστική πελταστικόν

Structure: πελταστικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from peltasth/s

Sense

  1. skilled in the use of the, like a targeteer, the art or skill of a targeteer, quite in the manner of peltastai/, in the best style

Declension

First/Second 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.

Examples

  • εἶτα διότι κομίζοιεν δωρεὰν κοινῇ τοῖσ Ἀχαιοῖσ ἑξακισχίλια μὲν ὅπλα χαλκᾶ πελταστικά, διακόσια δὲ τάλαντα νομίσματοσ ἐπισήμου χαλκοῦ· (Polybius, Histories, book 22, chapter 9 3:1)

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION