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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>pelta</b>: ae, f., = [[πέλτη]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[small]], [[light]] [[shield]] in the [[shape]] of a [[half]]-[[moon]], [[originally]] used by the Thracians and [[other]] [[barbarous]] [[people]], Liv. 28, 5, 11; Verg. A. 1, 490; 7, 743; Ov. P. 3, 1, 96; Sil. 2, 80; Plin. 12, 5, 11, § 23; Sen. Hip. 402; Vulg. 2 Par. 23, 9.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>pelta</b>,¹³ æ, f. ([[πέλτη]]), pelte, petit bouclier en forme de croissant [primitivement de cuir et porté par les [[Thraces]], les Amazones] : Nep. Iph. 1, 4 ; Liv. 28, 5, 11 ; Virg. En. 1, 490.
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