PELO vS or pellov" , hv, ovn , Lat. pullus , dark-coloured, dusky, ash-coloured, Theocr.
Pevloy
Pevl-oy , opo", oJ , ( pelov", o[y ) Pelops, i.e. Dark-face, son of Tantalus, who migrated from Lydia, and gave his name to Peloponnesus, Il.
peltavzw
peltavzw , f. sw , ( pevlth ) to serve as a targeteer, Xen.
peltasthv"
peltasthv" , ou`, oJ , ( peltavzw ) one who bears a light shield ( pevlth ) instead of the heavy o{plon , a targeteer, Lat. cetratus , Eur ., Thuc. , etc. The peltasts held a place between the oJpli`tai and yiloiv . Hence peltastikov"
peltastikov"
peltastikov"
,
hv, ovn
,
skilled in the use of the
pevlth, like a tapgeteep
,
Plat.
:—
hJ -khv
(
sc.
tevcnh
)
the art
or
skill of a targeteer,
Id.:
to; -kovn
, =
oiJ peltastaiv
,
Xen.
—
Sup. Adv
.,
peltastikwvtata
quite in the manner of
peltastaiv
,
in the best style,
Id.
pevlth, PE vLTH
PE vLTH , hJ , a small light shield of leather without a rim ( i[tu" ), a target, Lat. cetra , orig. used by the Thracians, Hdt. , Eur. , etc.
2.
a body of
peltastaiv
,
Eur.
3.
a horses ornament,
Id.
II.
=
paltovn
,
a shaft, pole,
Xen.
peltofovro"
pelto-fovro" , on , ( fevrw ) bearing a target, Xen.
pevlux
pevlux , uko", oJ , a kind of axe, Babr.
pelw`
pelw` , Att. fut. of pelavzw .
pevlw, PE vLW
PE vLW
and
PE vLOMAI
, only in
pres.
and
impf.
:—
Act.
, mostly in 3
sing. pres.
pevlei
,
Ep. impf.
pevlen
, sync. with the augm.
e[plen
: rare in other persons,
e[pele", pevle"
;
Dor.
1
pl.
pevlome"
, 3
pl.
pevlonti
;
fem. part.
pevlousa
. Much more common as
Dep.
, in the same sense,
pevlomai, pevlei, pevletai, pelovmesqa, pevlontai
:
impf.
syncop. 2
sing.
e[pleo
,
contr.
e[pleu, e[pleto, pevlonto
;
Ion.
2
sing.
pelevskeo
:
imperat.
pevleu
:
subj.
pevlhtai, -wvmeqa, -wntai
:
opt.
pevloito
. The
orig.
sense,
to be in motion,
appears in
Hom.
,
klaggh; pevlei oujranovqi prov
the cry
goes, rises
to heaven,
Il.;
tw`/ dekavth/ pevlen hjwv"
to him
came
the tenth morn, Od.;
gh`ra" kai; qavnato" ejpÆ ajnqrwvpoisi pevlontai
old age and death
come
upon men, Ib.:—this sense of
motion
is plain in the compd. participles
ejpiplovmeno", periplovmeno"
.
II. commonly to be, Hom .; but generally implying continuance, to be used or wont to be, Il.:—the impf. in pres. sense, oji>zuro;" e[pleo thou wast doomed to be, i.e. thou art, Ib.
pevlwr, PE vLWR