δάλτος

δάλτος, Cypr.

A = δέλτος, Inscr.Cypr.135.26 H. ([place name] Idalium).

Grammatical information: f. (like βύβλος; Schwyzer 2, 34 n. 4)

Meaning: `writing tablet' (Ion.-Att.).

Other forms: Cypr. δάλτος

Dialectal forms: Cypr. δάλτος

Derivatives: δελτίον (Hdt.), δελτάριον (Plb.). Denomin. δελτόομαι `write on a tablet' (A. Supp. 179). - On ἀδεαλτώhαιε s.s.v.

Origin: LW [a loanword which is (probably) not of Pre-Greek origin] Sem.

Etymology: Not to δαιδάλλω, Lat. dolāre (with reference to the Germanic word for `tent', OHG zelt, OE teld, PGm. *telðá- n.; the different meaning is still to be explained). One refers to Hieronymus epist. 8, 1 dedolatis ex ligno codicillis; Cypr. δάλτος would be old(?) ablaut. Semitic origin is mostly accepted (Lewy Fremdw. 171, E. Masson, Emprunts sémit. 61-65). Cypr. confirms this. Hebr. delet `gate', pl. columns of writing, also `tablet' (Lachish), Ugar. and Phoen. dlt. - δάλκιον πινάκιον, οἷον γραμματίδιον H. formed after πινάκιον? (Latte δάλτιον, which is better).

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δέλτος (A): ἀγαθός, Phot.

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δέλτος (B) (Cypr. [full] δάλτος Inscr.Cypr.135.26 H.), ἡ,

A writing-tablet, Batr.3 (pl.), Hdt.8.135, etc.;

ἐν.. δέλτου πτυχαῖς γράψας E.IA98

;

χαλκῆς.. δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν S.Tr. 683

; δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην ξυνθήματα inscribed with.., ib. 157;

δέλτον ἀναθεῖναι IG12(2).58b17

([place name] Mytilene): esp. pl., E.IA 116, 798 (both lyr.);

πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι Ar.Th. 778

: metaph., ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν on the tablets of the heart, A.Pr. 789; θὲς (cj. for σὲ δ')

ἐν φρενὸς δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους S.Fr. 597

.

II any writing: letter, Pl.Ep. 312d; will, Luc.Tim.22, etc.;

δέλτον χαλκῆν ἐκσφραγισθεῖσαν BGU265.21

(ii A.D.), cf. 780.15, 1032.3; Ὁμήρου δέλτον the books of Homer, IG9(1).880.10 (Corc.), cf. AP12.2 ([place name] Strato); αἱ δώδεκα δ. the Twelve Tables, D.H.2.27.

ἀδεαλτόω (sic), (ἀ-, δάλτος,

A = δέλτος) erase, deface,

στάλαν Michel 1334

([place name] Elis).