Πελώριον
See also: πελώριον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πελώρῐος (pelṓrĭos, “monstrous; prodigious”), an epithet of Zeus.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pe.lɔ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /peˈlo.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /peˈlo.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /peˈlo.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /peˈlo.ri.on/
Proper noun
Πελώρῐον • (Pelṓrĭon) n (genitive Πελωρῐ́ου); second declension
- a harvest festival to Zeus celebrated in Thessaly
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | τὸ Πελώρῐον tò Pelṓrĭon | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Πελωρῐ́ου toû Pelōrĭ́ou | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Πελωρῐ́ῳ tōî Pelōrĭ́ōi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ Πελώρῐον tò Pelṓrĭon | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Πελώρῐον Pelṓrĭon | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “πελώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press