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

  • πρὸσ ὅντινα δ’ ἂν ἄρχοντα διατεθῶσιν οὕτωσ οἱ ἑπόμενοι, οὗτοι δὴ ἐρρωμένοι γε ἄρχοντεσ γίγνονται, οὐ μὰ Δί’ οὐχ οἳ ἂν αὐτῶν ἄριστα τὸ σῶμα τῶν στρατιωτῶν ἔχωσι καὶ ἀκοντίζωσι καὶ τοξεύωσιν ἄριστα καὶ ἵππον ἄριστον ἔχοντεσ ὡσ ἱππικώτατα ἢ πελταστικώτατα προκινδυνεύωσιν, ἀλλ’ οἳ ἂν δύνωνται ἐμποιῆσαι τοῖσ στρατιώταισ ἀκολουθητέον εἶναι καὶ διὰ πυρὸσ καὶ διὰ παντὸσ κινδύνου. (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 21 8:1)

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

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