δέλτος

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(A): ἀγαθός, Phot.
δέλτος (B) (Cypr. δάλτος Inscr.Cypr.135.26 H.), ἡ,

   A writing-tablet, Batr.3 (pl.), Hdt.8.135, etc.; ἐν . . δέλτου πτυχαῖς γράψας E.IA98; χαλκῆς . . δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν S.Tr.683; δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην ξυνθήματα inscribed with... ib.157; δέλτον ἀναθεῖναι IG12(2).58b17 (Mytilene): esp. pl., E.IA116,798 (both lyr.); πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι Ar.Th.778: metaph., ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν on the tablets of the heart, A.Pr.789; θὲς (cj. for σὲ δ') ἐν φρενὸς δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους S.Fr.597.    II any writing: letter, Pl.Ep.312d; will, Luc.Tim.22, etc.; δέλτον χαλκῆν ἐκσφραγισθεῖσαν BGU265.21 (ii A.D.), cf. 780.15, 1032.3; Ὁμήρου δέλτον the books of Homer, IG9(1).880.10 (Corc.), cf. AP12.2 (Strato); αἱ δώδεκα δ. the Twelve Tables, D.H.2.27.