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|etymtx=Grammatical information: f.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">small light shield without an edge, mostly made of wattlework, with a cover of leather</b> (Hdt., Tab. Heracl., Att.).<br />Dialectal forms: Dor. <b class="b3">-α</b><br />Compounds: As 1. member in <b class="b3">πελτο-φόρος</b> (X., Plb.), Boeot. <b class="b3">-φόρας</b>, <b class="b3">-α-φ</b>. = <b class="b3">πελταστής</b>.<br />Derivatives: Dimin. <b class="b3">πελτ-ίον</b> (Men.), <b class="b3">-ίδιον</b> (sch.), <b class="b3">-άριον</b> (Callix., Luc.). Denominative verb <b class="b3">πελτάζω</b> <b class="b2">to bear a π.</b> (X., App.) with <b class="b3">πελτ-αστής</b> m. <b class="b2">bearer of a π., peltast, lightly armed man</b> (Att.), <b class="b3">-αστικός</b> <b class="b2">belonging to the p.</b> (Att.). Or <b class="b3">πελταστής</b> from <b class="b3">πέλτη</b> (after <b class="b3">ἀσπιστής</b> : <b class="b3">ἀσπίς</b>) and <b class="b3">πελτάζω</b> backformation as prob. in <b class="b3">κατα-πελτάζω</b> <b class="b2">to overpower with peltasts (m. πέλτη?)</b> (Ar. Ach. 160)?<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably] Thrac.<br />Etymology: After Hdt. 7, 75 a. o. carried by the Thracians; so perh. a loan. Usu. connected with [[πέλμα]] (s. v.), Lat. [[pellis]] etc. as <b class="b2">t-</b>derivation; semantically no doubt quite possible. The in WP. 2, 58f. and Pok. 803 adduced words with <b class="b2">t-</b>suffix are however all for diff. reasons contestable; on Skt. <b class="b2">paṭa-</b> m. <b class="b2">woven cloth, garment, cover</b> s. Mayrhofer s.v. -- Lat. LW [loanword] [[pelta]], [[peltastae]] (s. W.-Hofmann s.v.).

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