πέλτη
peltē
- a small shield
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Glosses: a small shield
1. a small light shield of leather without a rim ἴτυς); a target , Lat. cetra, originally used by the Thracians, (Herdotus Historicus), etc.
2. a body of πελτασταί, (Euripides)
3. a horse's ornament , (Euripides)
4. = παλτόν, a shaft, pole , (Xenophon Historicus) (ML)