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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely derived from πάλλω (pállō), meaning "to brandish", given to Athena as an epithet of "she who brandishes" a spear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pal.lás/ → /palˈlas/ → /paˈlas/
Proper noun
Παλλάς • (Pallás) f (genitive Παλλάδος); third declension
- Pallas (Athena)
- Pallas, daughter of Triton
Usage notes
Παλλάς (Pallás) is feminine and uses the third declension stem Παλλάδ-. The similarly-spelt name Πάλλας (Pállas) is masculine and uses the different third declension stem Πάλλαντ-.
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References
- ^ “Παλλάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Παλλάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Παλλάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Παλλάς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,003