πελιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“gray”). Cognates include Ancient Greek πελιδνός (pelidnós) Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Latin pallidus and Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, “wave, gray hair”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.li.ós/ → /pe.liˈos/ → /pe.liˈos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pe.li.ós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pe.liˈos/

Adjective

πελῐός • (peliós) m (feminine πελῐᾱ́, neuter πελῐόν); first/second declension

1. black and blue, livid
2. (generally) dark, dull

Inflection

First and second declension of πελῐός; πελῐᾱ́; πελῐόν (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πελῐός peliós	πελῐᾱ́ peliā́	πελῐόν pelión		πελῐώ peliṓ	πελῐᾱ́ peliā́	πελῐώ peliṓ		πελῐοί pelioí	πελῐαί peliaí	πελῐᾰ́ peliá
Genitive		πελῐοῦ pelioû	πελῐᾶς peliâs	πελῐοῦ pelioû		πελῐοῖν pelioîn	πελῐαῖν peliaîn	πελῐοῖν pelioîn		πελῐῶν peliôn	πελῐῶν peliôn	πελῐῶν peliôn
Dative		πελῐῷ peliôi	πελῐᾷ peliâi	πελῐῷ peliôi		πελῐοῖν pelioîn	πελῐαῖν peliaîn	πελῐοῖν pelioîn		πελῐοῖς pelioîs	πελῐαῖς peliaîs	πελῐοῖς pelioîs
Accusative		πελῐόν pelión	πελῐᾱ́ν peliā́n	πελῐόν pelión		πελῐώ peliṓ	πελῐᾱ́ peliā́	πελῐώ peliṓ		πελῐούς pelioús	πελῐᾱ́ς peliā́s	πελῐᾰ́ peliá
Vocative		πελῐέ pelié	πελῐᾱ́ peliā́	πελῐόν pelión		πελῐώ peliṓ	πελῐᾱ́ peliā́	πελῐώ peliṓ		πελῐοί pelioí	πελῐαί peliaí	πελῐᾰ́ peliá
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πελῐῶς peliôs				πελῐώτερος peliṓteros				πελῐώτᾰτος peliṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πελιαίνομαι (peliaínomai)
• πελιόομαι (pelióomai)
• πελιότης (peliótēs)
• πελιώδης (peliṓdēs)
• πελίωμα (pelíōma)
• πελίωσις (pelíōsis)

 

Further reading

• “πελιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πελιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πελιός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN