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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πήλιον (Pḗlion).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Pēlium n sg (genitive Pēliī or Pēlī); second declension
- A mountain of Thessaly, continuation of the Mount Ossa
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “Pelion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pelium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Pelium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly