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Headword: *pe/ltai
Adler number: pi,955
Translated headword: peltai
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] spears, and small square shields.[1]
Also [sc. attested are] katapeltai ["catapults"].[2]
Greek Original:
*pe/ltai: lo/gxai, kai\ a)spi/dia tetra/gwna. kai\ katape/ltai.
Notes:
[1] From the scholia to [Plato], Lovers 135E; see already pi 954 and the note there; also pi 956.
[2] From kappa 699. (The word is unconnected, except in form, with the present headword.)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; military affairs
Translated by: David Whitehead on 29 February 2004@06:20:47.
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Catharine Roth (set status) on 24 May 2004@01:38:49.
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