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|Definition=Dor. [[πέλτα]] <span class="title">Tab.Heracl.</span> 1.5, 2.4: ἡ:—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[small]] [[light]] [[shield]] of [[leather]] without a [[rim]], orig. [[Thracian]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.75</span>; Θρῃκίας π. [[ἄναξ]] <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 498</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ba.</span> 783</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Lys.</span> 563</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.282.120, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>14</span>(b)<span class="bibl">12</span> (iii B. C.), etc.; π. Ἀμαζονική <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span> 35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[body]] of [[πελτασταί]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>410</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[horse's ornament]], ib. <span class="bibl">305</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> = [[παλτόν]], [[shaft]], [[pole]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span> 1.10.12</span>: expld. by [[δόρυ]], [[ἁκόντιον]], Hsch., by [[λόγχη]], Suid.</span>