Crossword-Solution: PELTA
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Pelta | n. | A small shield, especially one of an approximately elliptic form, or crescent-shaped. |
| Pelta | n. | A flat apothecium having no rim. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| PELTA | anagram | LEAPT, LEPTA, PALET, PALTE, PATEL, PATLE, PELAT, PETAL, PLATE, PLEAT, TEPAL |
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| Clue | Answers |
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| small ancient shield | 1 answer |
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The old plural of Eye.
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Sentences with PELTA (5)
For the preceding two years Iphicrates had commanded a body of mercenaries, consisting of peltasts, [So called from the pelta, or kind of shield which they carried.] who had been first organised by Conon after rebuilding the walls of Athens.
See Pelta.] Defn: Shield-shaped; scutiform; (Bot.) having the stem or support attached to the lower surface, instead of at the base or margin; -- said of a leaf or other organ.
The _pelta_, from which they took the name, was a light shield or target, made of skin or leather on a wooden or wickerwork frame.
Postolaccas calls to my notice that the curious relief-band above the horse resembles the _pelta lunata_ of the Amazons on the ancient vases; this relief-band consists of two horizontal spirals opposite to each other.
These people are bounded by Lycaonia[3868], which belongs to the jurisdiction of the province of Asia[3869], to which also resort the people of Philomelium[3870], Tymbrium[3871], Leucolithium[3872], Pelta, and Tyrium.