πέλλα

See also: Πέλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

The comparison with Latin pēlvis (“bowl, dish”) or Sanskrit पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”), पारी (pārī, “milk pail”) is unconvincing, and does not lead to an Indo-European reconstruction. Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin, which is tentatively supported by Beekes. On the other hand, Kroonen derives the Greek from a Proto-Indo-European *pel(w)- (“vessel”), and connects Proto-Germanic *fullą (“cup, beaker”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pél.la/ → /ˈpel.la/ → /ˈpe.la/

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

Noun

πέλλᾰ • (péllă) f (genitive πέλλης); first declension

1. wooden bowl, milk pail
2. a kind of drinking-cup

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πέλλᾰ; τῆς πέλλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πέλλᾰ hē péllă	τὼ πέλλᾱ tṑ péllā	αἱ πέλλαι hai péllai
Genitive	τῆς πέλλης tês péllēs	τοῖν πέλλαιν toîn péllain	τῶν πελλῶν tôn pellôn
Dative	τῇ πέλλῃ têi péllēi	τοῖν πέλλαιν toîn péllain	ταῖς πέλλαις taîs péllais
Accusative	τὴν πέλλᾰν tḕn péllăn	τὼ πέλλᾱ tṑ péllā	τᾱ̀ς πέλλᾱς tā̀s péllās
Vocative	πέλλᾰ péllă	πέλλᾱ péllā	πέλλαι péllai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πελλαντῆρα (pellantêra)
• πελλητήρ (pellētḗr)
• πελλίς (pellís)
• πελλίχνη (pellíkhnē)

Etymology 2

Assuming a Pre-Greek form *πελσᾱ (*pelsā), it has been connected with Proto-Germanic *falisaz (“rock, cliff”), Old Irish ail (“crag”) and Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, “rock, stone”). However, the variation *pelso-/*peliso- does not seem Indo-European. The noun could be identical to the Macedonian town Πέλλα (Pélla). Furnée further compares φελλεύς (phelleús, “stony ground”), which points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈpel.la/ → /ˈpe.la/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.la/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.la/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpel.la/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.la/

Noun

πέλλα • (pélla)

1. Hesychius gives the definition as: λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

Further reading

• “πέλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πέλλα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πέλλα”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πέλλα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• πέλλα in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• Hesychius' Lexicon: π
• “πέλλα”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011