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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πάλλω (pállō, “to poise, sway, or swing”).[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pál.laːs/ → /ˈpal.las/ → /ˈpa.las/
Proper noun
Πᾰ́λλᾱς • (Pállās) m (genitive Πᾰ́λλᾰντος); third declension
- Pallas, the name of a number of male figures in Greek mythology
Usage notes
Πάλλας (Pállas) is masculine and uses the third declension stem Πάλλαντ-. The similarly-spelt name Παλλάς (Pallás) is feminine and uses the different third declension stem Παλλάδ-.
Inflection
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Descendants
References
- ^ Suda s.v. Παλλάς (Pallas)
Further reading
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019