πέλτ-η,
Doric dialect πέλτα [[ “Tab.Heracl.” 1.5, 2.4] Refs]: ἡ:— small light shield of leather without a rim, originally Thracian, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.75; Θρῃκίας π. ἄναξ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 498, compare “Ba.” 783, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 563, “IG” 12.282.120, “PCair.Zen.” 14 (b) 12 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.; π. Ἀμαζονική [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 35. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 body of πελτασταί, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 410. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 horse's ornament, [[[prev. work] 305. ] Refs]
__II ={παλτόν}, shaft, pole, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 1.10.12: explained by δόρυ, ἁκόντιον, 5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus, by λόγχη, 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]