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)
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G8689 — πέλτη
peltē · a small shield · Greek