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δέλτος

deltos2 · ἡ

writing-tablet

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What it meant

δέλτος · deltos — LSJ

writing-tablet, the tablets

writing-tablet, Batr. 3 (pl.), Hdt. 8.135, etc.; ἐν . . δέλτου πτυχαῖς γράψας E. IA 98; χαλκῆς . . δύσνιπτον ἐκ δέλτου γραφήν S. Tr. 683; δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην ξυνθήματα inscribed with . ., ib. 157; δέλτον ἀναθεῖναι IG 12(2).58b17 (Mytilene): esp. pl., E. IA 116, 798 (both lyr.); πινάκων ξεστῶν δέλτοι Ar. Th. 778: metaph., ἣν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν on the tablets of the heart, A. Pr. 789; θὲς (cj. for σὲ δʼ) ἐν φρενὸς δέλτοισι τοὺς ἐμοὺς λόγους S. Fr. 597.

II writing: letter, will, the books, Tables

any writing: letter, Pl. Ep. 312d; will, Luc. Tim. 22, etc.; δέλτον χαλκῆν ἐκσφραγισθεῖσαν BGU 265.21 (ii A.D.), cf. 780.15, 1032.3; Ὁμήρου δέλτον the books of Homer, IG 9(1).880.10 (Corc.), cf. AP 12.2 (Strato); αἱ δώδεκα δ. the Twelve Tables, D.H. 2.27.

Where it came from

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