πελταστής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πελτᾰ́ζω (peltắzō) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er”, masculine agent-noun suffix).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πελτᾰστής • (peltăstḗs) m (genitive πελτᾰστοῦ); first declension

  1. a peltast, a targeteer, one who bears a light shield

Declension

First declension of ὁ πελταστής; τοῦ πελταστοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πελταστής
ho peltastḗs 		τὼ πελταστᾱ́
tṑ peltastā́ 		οἱ πελτασταί
hoi peltastaí
Genitive τοῦ πελταστοῦ
toû peltastoû 		τοῖν πελτασταῖν
toîn peltastaîn 		τῶν πελταστῶν
tôn peltastôn
Dative τῷ πελταστῇ
tōî peltastēî 		τοῖν πελτασταῖν
toîn peltastaîn 		τοῖς πελτασταῖς
toîs peltastaîs
Accusative τὸν πελταστήν
tòn peltastḗn 		τὼ πελταστᾱ́
tṑ peltastā́ 		τοὺς πελταστᾱ́ς
toùs peltastā́s
Vocative πελταστᾰ́
peltastắ 		πελταστᾱ́
peltastā́ 		πελτασταί
peltastaí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

  • → Latin: peltastēs

See also

Further reading

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