πελτ-φόρας

πελτοφόρος ([dialect] Boeot. [suff] πελτ-φόρας IG7.210 ([place name] Aegosthena), 2823 ([place name] Hyettos), also [full] πελταφόρας, Supp.Epigr. 3.354 (Thisbe, iii B.C.)), ον, ([etym.] πέλτη)

A bearing a target, [Arist.]Pepl. 30 ; οἱ π., = πελτασταί, X.Cyr. 7.1.24, etc. ; π. ἱππεῖς light horse, Plb.3.43.2.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `small light shield without an edge, mostly made of wattlework, with a cover of leather' (Hdt., Tab. Heracl., Att.).

Dialectal forms: Dor. -ᾱ

Compounds: As 1. member in πελτο-φόρος (X., Plb.), Boeot. - φόρας, - α-φ. = πελταστής.

Derivatives: Dimin. πελτ-ίον (Men.), - ίδιον (sch.), - άριον (Callix., Luc.). Denominative verb πελτάζω `to bear a π.' (X., App.) with πελτ-αστής m. `bearer of a π., peltast, lightly armed man' (Att.), - αστικός `belonging to the p.' (Att.). Or πελταστής from πέλτη (after ἀσπιστής: ἀσπίς) and πελτάζω backformation as prob. in κατα-πελτάζω `to overpower with peltasts (m. πέλτη?)' (Ar. Ach. 160)?

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

Etymology: After Hdt. 7, 75 a. o. carried by the Thracians; so perh. a loan. Usu. connected with πέλμα (s. v.), Lat. pellis etc. as t-derivation; semantically no doubt quite possible. The in WP. 2, 58f. and Pok. 803 adduced words with t-suffix are however all for diff. reasons contestable; on Skt. paṭa- m. `woven cloth, garment, cover' s. Mayrhofer s.v. -- Lat. LW [loanword] pelta, peltastae (s. W.-Hofmann s.v.).

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