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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Without a convincing etymology. Perhaps from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɛː.lós/ → /piˈlos/ → /piˈlos/
Noun
πηλός • (pēlós) m or f (genitive πηλοῦ); second declension
- clay, earth, used by masons and potters
- mud, mire
- thick or muddy wine, lees
- (figuratively) dolt, blockhead
Inflection
ὁ, ἡ πηλός ho, hē pēlós
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τὼ πηλώ tṑ pēlṓ
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οἱ, αἱ πηλοί hoi, hai pēloí
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τοῦ, τῆς πηλοῦ toû, tês pēloû
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τοῖν πηλοῖν toîn pēloîn
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τῶν πηλῶν tôn pēlôn
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τῷ, τῇ πηλῷ tôi, têi pēlôi
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τοῖν πηλοῖν toîn pēloîn
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τοῖς, ταῖς πηλοῖς toîs, taîs pēloîs
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τὸν, τὴν πηλόν tòn, tḕn pēlón
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τὼ πηλώ tṑ pēlṓ
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τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πηλούς toùs, tā̀s pēloús
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πηλέ pēlé
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πηλώ pēlṓ
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πηλοί pēloí
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Descendants
Further reading
- “πηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πηλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós), of uncertain origin; possibly Pre-Greek.
Noun
πηλός • (pilós) m (plural πηλοί)
- clay
- Synonym: άργιλος (árgilos)
Declension
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