πέλτα

A. small light shield of leather without a rim, orig. Thracian, Hdt. 7.75 ; Θρῃκίας π. ἄναξ E. Alc. 498, cf. Ba. 783, Ar. Lys. 563, IG 12.282.120, PCair.Zen. 14(b)12 (iii B. C.), etc. ; π. Ἀμαζονική Plu. Pomp. 35.

2. body of πελτασταί, E. Rh. 410.

3. horse's ornament, ib. 305.

II. = παλτόν, shaft, pole, X. An. 1.10.12 : expld. by δόρυ, ἁκόντιον, Hsch., by λόγχη, Suid.