crescent-shaped shield
Latin word, found 21 times in the texts on Socratos.
Vergil, Aeneid 1.490: Ducit Amazonidum lunatis agmina peltis
Ovid, Ex Ponto 3.1.96: aut excisa levi pelta gerenda manu.
Seneca the Younger, Hercules Furens 545: et peltam et nivei vincula pectoris.
All forms of pelta