πέλωρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Unknown. Beekes suggests that it is perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-ōr (“maker; builder?”) modified by dissimilation, given variant forms such as τέλωρ (télōr) and τελώρῐος (telṓrĭos) which point to an original initial *kʷ-, though he considers this derivation is problematic.^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pé.lɔːr/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lor/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lor/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lor/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.lor/

Noun

πέλωρ • (pélōr) n (indeclinable)

(Epic, mythology) a monster or monstrous creature
Synonym: πέλωρον (pélōron)

Usage notes

Only the nominative and accusative singular are attested.

Derived terms

πελώρῐον (pelṓrĭon)
πελώρῐος (pelṓrĭos)
πέλωρον (pélōron)
πέλωρος (pélōros)

Descendants

→ Latin: peloria
- → English: peloria
→ Italian: Peloro
→ Sicilian: Piluru

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πέλωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1169–1170

[1] Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πέλωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1169–1170

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