δέλτος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(A): <b class="b3">ἀγαθός</b>, Phot.<br /><span class="bld">δέλτος</span> (B) (Cypr. δάλτος <span class="title">Inscr.Cypr.</span>135.26 H.), ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">writing-tablet</b>, <span class="bibl">Batr.3</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.135</span>, etc.; ἐν… δέλτου πτυχαῖς γράψας <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>98</span>; χαλκῆς… δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>683</span>; <b class="b3">δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην ξυνθήματα</b> inscribed with... ib.<span class="bibl">157</span>; δέλτον ἀναθεῖναι <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).58b17 (Mytilene): esp. pl., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>116</span>,<span class="bibl">798</span> (both lyr.); πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>778</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν</b> on <b class="b2">the tablets</b> of the heart, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>789</span>; <b class="b3">θὲς</b> (cj. for <b class="b3">σὲ δ'</b>) ἐν φρενὸς δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>597</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> any <b class="b2">writing: letter</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>312d</span>; [[will]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tim.</span>22</span>, etc.; δέλτον χαλκῆν ἐκσφραγισθεῖσαν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>265.21</span> (ii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl">780.15</span>, <span class="bibl">1032.3</span>; <b class="b3">Ὁμήρου δέλτον</b> <b class="b2">the books</b> of Homer, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).880.10 (Corc.), cf. <span class="title">AP</span>12.2 (Strato); <b class="b3">αἱ δώδεκα δ</b>. the Twelve [[Tables]], <span class="bibl">D.H.2.27</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: f. (like <b class="b3">βύβλος</b>; Schwyzer 2, 34 n. 4)<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">writing tablet</b> (Ion.-Att.).<br />Other forms: Cypr. <b class="b3">δάλτος</b><br />Dialectal forms: Cypr. <b class="b3">δάλτος</b><br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δελτίον</b> (Hdt.), <b class="b3">δελτάριον</b> (Plb.). Denomin. <b class="b3">δελτόομαι</b> <b class="b2">write on a tablet</b> (A. Supp. 179). - On <b class="b3">ἀδεαλτώhαιε</b> s.s.v.<br />Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.<br />Etymology: Not to <b class="b3">δαιδάλλω</b>, Lat. [[dolāre]] (with reference to the Germanic word for [[tent]], OHG [[zelt]], OE [[teld]], PGm. <b class="b2">*telðá-</b> n.; the different meaning is still to be explained). One refers to Hieronymus epist. 8, 1 dedolatis ex ligno codicillis; Cypr. <b class="b3">δάλτος</b> would be old(?) ablaut. Semitic origin is mostly accepted (Lewy Fremdw. 171, E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 61-65). Cypr. confirms this. Hebr. [[delet]] [[gate]], pl. columns of writing, also [[tablet]] (Lachish), Ugar. and Phoen. [[dlt]]. - <b class="b3">δάλκιον πινάκιον</b>, <b class="b3">οἷον γραμματίδιον</b> H. formed after <b class="b3">πινάκιον</b>? (Latte <b class="b3">δάλτιον</b>, which is better).