πελλός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πέλλος (péllos)

Etymology

    From Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (gray). Cognates include πελιός (peliós, black and blue, livid), πελιτνός (pelitnós, livid, blue), πολιός (poliós, grey, grizzly), Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Latin pallidus and Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, wave, gray hair).

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    Adjective

    πελλός • (pellósm (feminine πελλή, neuter πελλόν); first/second declension

    1. dark-colored, dusky

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