Definition of Peltae

1. pelta [n] - See also: pelta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peltae

pelorus
peloruses
pelory
pelosity
pelota
pelotas
pelotherapy
peloton
pelotons
pels
pelt
pelt along
pelt down
pelt of the dog
pelta
peltae (current term)
peltas
peltast
peltasts
peltate
peltate leaf
peltated
peltately
peltation
peltations
pelted
pelter
peltered
peltering
pelters

Literary usage of Peltae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Southeast Building, the Twin Basilicas, the Mosaic House by Saul S. Weinberg (1960)
"A pattern of red and blue peltae on a white ground, arranged in groups of four with two peltae placed back to back and one at each end facing inward, ..."

2. Troja: Results of the Latest Researches and Discoveries on the Site of Homer by Heinrich Schliemann, Archibald Henry Sayce (1884)
"... may be seen a large marble slab with a Greek inscription upside down, in which the national assembly of peltae congratulates itself on having sent an ..."

3. Researches in Asia Minor, Pontus and Armenia: With Some Account of Their by William John Hamilton (1842)
"He chose the latter, for we are told he went to peltae, which we know from the Peutinger Table was on the road from Apamea ..."

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