πελταστής
πελταστής, οῦ, ὁ,
πελτάζω
one who bears a light shield (πέλτη) instead of the heavy ὅπλον, a targeteer, Lat. cetratus, Eur., Thuc., etc. The peltasts held a place between the ὁπλῖται and ψιλοί.
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