πηλός
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See also: πίλος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
Without a convincing etymology. Perhaps from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pɛː.lós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pe̝ˈlos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /piˈlos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /piˈlos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /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
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ, ἡ πηλός ho, hē pēlós |
τὼ πηλώ tṑ pēlṓ |
οἱ, αἱ πηλοί hoi, hai pēloí | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ, τῆς πηλοῦ toû, tês pēloû |
τοῖν πηλοῖν toîn pēloîn |
τῶν πηλῶν tôn pēlôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ, τῇ πηλῷ tôi, têi pēlôi |
τοῖν πηλοῖν toîn pēloîn |
τοῖς, ταῖς πηλοῖς toîs, taîs pēloîs | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν, τὴν πηλόν tòn, tḕn pēlón |
τὼ πηλώ tṑ pēlṓ |
τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πηλούς toùs, tā̀s pēloús | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πηλέ pēlé |
πηλώ pēlṓ |
πηλοί pēloí | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πηλαῖος (pēlaîos)
- πηλάριον (pēlárion)
- πήλινος (pḗlinos)
- πηλοβάτης (pēlobátēs)
- πηλόγονος (pēlógonos)
- πηλοδευστέω (pēlodeustéō)
- πηλοδομέω (pēlodoméō)
- πηλόδομος (pēlódomos)
- πηλοεργίη (pēloergíē)
- πηλοεψητής (pēloepsētḗs)
- πήλοθεν (pḗlothen)
- πηλοπατέω (pēlopatéō)
- πηλοπατίδες (pēlopatídes)
- πηλοπλάθος (pēlopláthos)
- πηλόπλαστος (pēlóplastos)
- πηλοπλάτων (pēloplátōn)
- πηλοποιός (pēlopoiós)
- πηλοστρόφιον (pēlostróphion)
- πηλότροφος (pēlótrophos)
- πηλουργός (pēlourgós)
- πηλόω (pēlóō)
- πηλώδης (pēlṓdēs)
- πηλώεις (pēlṓeis)
- πήλωμα (pḗlōma)
- πήλωσις (pḗlōsis)
Descendants
- Greek: πηλός (pilós)
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)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | πηλός (pilós) | πηλοί (piloí) |
| genitive | πηλού (piloú) | πηλών (pilón) |
| accusative | πηλό (piló) | πηλούς (piloús) |
| vocative | πηλέ (pilé) | πηλοί (piloí) |
Further reading
πηλός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
