πέλας

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *pélas, from Proto-Indo-European *pélh₂-s, from *pelh₂- (“to approach”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pé.las/ → /ˈpe.las/ → /ˈpe.las/

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

Adverb

πέλᾰς • (pélas)

1. nearby, hard by, close by

Derived terms

• πελάζω (pelázō)
• πελάω (peláō)

 

Related terms

• δασπλῆτις (dasplêtis)
• πίλναμαι (pílnamai)
• πλᾱ́θω (plā́thō)
• πλήν (plḗn)
• πλήσσω (plḗssō)

 

Further reading

• “πέλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πέλας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πέλας”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πέλας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πέλας in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “πέλας”, 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.
  • by idem, page 107.
  • close by idem, page 138.
  • hand idem, page 382.
  • near idem, page 553.