Πελασγός
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Likely of Pre-Greek origin. Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫 (KURpi-lis-ta, “Pilistu”), 𒆳𒉺𒆷𒊍𒌓 (KURpa-la-as-tu₂ /Palastu/), 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫𒀀𒀀 (KURpi-liš-ta-a-a /Pilištayu/, “(people) of the Pilištu lands”), and Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים (Pəlíštim). Also consider Egyptian pwrꜣsꜣtj, an ethnicity listed by Pharaoh Merneptah as part of the Sea People coup against Egypt circa 1190 BCE.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.laz.ɡós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe.lazˈɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pe.lazˈɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pe.lazˈɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pe.lazˈɣos/
Noun
Πελασγός • (Pelasgós) m (genitive Πελασγοῦ); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Πελασγός ho Pelasgós |
τὼ Πελασγώ tṑ Pelasgṓ |
οἱ Πελασγοί hoi Pelasgoí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Πελασγοῦ toû Pelasgoû |
τοῖν Πελασγοῖν toîn Pelasgoîn |
τῶν Πελασγῶν tôn Pelasgôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Πελασγῷ tôi Pelasgôi |
τοῖν Πελασγοῖν toîn Pelasgoîn |
τοῖς Πελασγοῖς toîs Pelasgoîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Πελασγόν tòn Pelasgón |
τὼ Πελασγώ tṑ Pelasgṓ |
τοὺς Πελασγούς toùs Pelasgoús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | Πελασγέ Pelasgé |
Πελασγώ Pelasgṓ |
Πελασγοί Pelasgoí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Πελασγῐ́ᾱ (Pelasgíā)
- Πελασγῐκός (Pelasgikós)
- Πελασγῐ́ς (Pelasgís)
- Πελασγῐώτης (Pelasgiṓtēs)
- Πελασγῐῶτῐς (Pelasgiôtis)
Descendants
References
- “Πελασγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Πελασγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Πελασγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Πελασγός”, 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 1,020