πελταστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πελτᾰ́ζω (peltắzō) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pel.tas.tɛ̌ːs/ → /pel.tasˈtis/ → /pel.tasˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pel.tas.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pel.tasˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pel.tasˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pel.tasˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pel.tasˈtis/

Noun

πελτᾰστής • (peltăstḗs) m (genitive πελτᾰστοῦ); first declension

1. a peltast, a targeteer, one who bears a light shield

Declension

First declension of ὁ πελταστής; τοῦ πελταστοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πελταστής ho peltastḗs	τὼ πελταστᾱ́ tṑ peltastā́	οἱ πελτασταί hoi peltastaí
Genitive	τοῦ πελταστοῦ toû peltastoû	τοῖν πελτασταῖν toîn peltastaîn	τῶν πελταστῶν tôn peltastôn
Dative	τῷ πελταστῇ tōî peltastēî	τοῖν πελτασταῖν toîn peltastaîn	τοῖς πελτασταῖς toîs peltastaîs
Accusative	τὸν πελταστήν tòn peltastḗn	τὼ πελταστᾱ́ tṑ peltastā́	τοὺς πελταστᾱ́ς toùs peltastā́s
Vocative	πελταστᾰ́ peltastắ	πελταστᾱ́ peltastā́	πελτασταί peltastaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: peltastēs
  • → German: Peltast
  • → English: peltast
  • → Spanish: peltasta
  • → French: peltaste
  • → Polish: peltasta
  • → Sicilian: pirtasta

See also

• πέλτη (péltē)

Further reading

• “πελταστής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πελταστής in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • peltast idem, page 602.
  • targeteer idem, page 855.