Πελασγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely of Pre-Greek origin. Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫 (^KURpi-lis-ta, “Pilistu”), 𒆳𒉺𒆷𒊍𒌓 (^KURpa-la-as-tu₂ /⁠Palastu⁠/), 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫𒀀𒀀 (^KURpi-liš-ta-a-a /⁠Pilištayu⁠/, “(people) of the Pilištu lands”), and Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים (Pəlíštim). Also consider Egyptian pwrꜣsꜣtj, an ethnicity listed by Pharaoh Merneptah as part of the Sea People coup against Egypt circa 1190 BCE.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.laz.ɡós/ → /pe.lazˈɣos/ → /pe.lazˈɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.laz.ɡós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.lazˈɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.lazˈɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.lazˈɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.lazˈɣos/

Noun

Πελασγός • (Pelasgós) m (genitive Πελασγοῦ); second declension

1. a Pelasgian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πελασγός; τοῦ Πελασγοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ Πελασγός ho Pelasgós	τὼ Πελασγώ tṑ Pelasgṓ	οἱ Πελασγοί hoi Pelasgoí
Genitive	τοῦ Πελασγοῦ toû Pelasgoû	τοῖν Πελασγοῖν toîn Pelasgoîn	τῶν Πελασγῶν tôn Pelasgôn
Dative	τῷ Πελασγῷ tôi Pelasgôi	τοῖν Πελασγοῖν toîn Pelasgoîn	τοῖς Πελασγοῖς toîs Pelasgoîs
Accusative	τὸν Πελασγόν tòn Pelasgón	τὼ Πελασγώ tṑ Pelasgṓ	τοὺς Πελασγούς toùs Pelasgoús
Vocative	Πελασγέ Pelasgé	Πελασγώ Pelasgṓ	Πελασγοί Pelasgoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πελασγῐ́ᾱ (Pelasgíā)
• Πελασγῐκός (Pelasgikós)
• Πελασγῐ́ς (Pelasgís)
• Πελασγῐώτης (Pelasgiṓtēs)
• Πελασγῐῶτῐς (Pelasgiôtis)

Descendants

• Greek: Πελασγός (Pelasgós)
• Latin: Pelasgus
• Turkish: Pelasg

References

• “Πελασγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πελασγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Πελασγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πελασγός”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020