πελταστής
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πελτᾰ́ζω (peltázō) + -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pel.tas.tɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pel.tasˈte̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pel.tasˈtis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pel.tasˈtis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pel.tasˈtis/
Noun
πελτᾰστής • (peltastḗs) m (genitive πελτᾰστοῦ); first declension
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 tôi peltastêi |
τοῖν πελτασταῖν toîn peltastaîn |
τοῖς πελτασταῖς toîs peltastaîs | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν πελταστήν tòn peltastḗn |
τὼ πελταστᾱ́ tṑ peltastā́ |
τοὺς πελταστᾱ́ς toùs peltastā́s | ||||||||||
Vocative | πελταστᾰ́ peltastá |
πελταστᾱ́ peltastā́ |
πελτασταί peltastaí | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Latin: peltastēs
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[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -της (agent noun)
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek oxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek first-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the first declension
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