δέλτος: Difference between revisions

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