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Definition of Pelta
1. n. A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
Definition of Pelta
1. an ancient small shield [n PELTAS or PELTAE]
Medical Definition of Pelta
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Origin: L, a shield, fr. Gr.
1. A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pelta
Literary usage of Pelta
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Gymnasium, Sive Symbola Critica: Intended to Assist the Classical Student in by Alexander Crombie (1834)
"pelta is described by Suidas, and also by the Scholiast on Thucydides, as a
quadrangular, or four-cornered, shield, somewhat resembling the Scutum. ..."
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