Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πελτοφόρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πελτοφόρος πελτοφόρον

Structure: πελτοφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing a target

Examples

  • ὁ δ’ Ἀννίβασ ἑτοίμουσ ἔχων τοὺσ στρατιώτασ ἐπεῖχε τῇ διαβάσει, τοὺσ μὲν λέμβουσ πεπληρωκὼσ τῶν πελτοφόρων ἱππέων, τὰ δὲ μονόξυλα τῶν εὐκινητοτάτων πεζῶν. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 43 2:1)

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

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