πελωρίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πέλωρ (pélōr, “portent, prodigy, monster”) +‎ -ῐ́ς (-ís).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pe.lɔː.rís/ → /pe.loˈris/ → /pe.loˈris/

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

Noun

πελωρῐ́ς • (pelōrís) f (genitive πελωρῐ́δος); third declension

1. kind of large mussel

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ πελωρῐ́ς; τῆς πελωρῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πελωρῐ́ς hē pelōrís	τὼ πελωρῐ́δε tṑ pelōríde	αἱ πελωρῐ́δες hai pelōrídes
Genitive	τῆς πελωρῐ́δος tês pelōrídos	τοῖν πελωρῐ́δοιν toîn pelōrídoin	τῶν πελωρῐ́δων tôn pelōrídōn
Dative	τῇ πελωρῐ́δῐ têi pelōrídi	τοῖν πελωρῐ́δοιν toîn pelōrídoin	ταῖς πελωρῐ́σῐ / πελωρῐ́σῐν taîs pelōrísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν πελωρῐ́δᾰ tḕn pelōrída	τὼ πελωρῐ́δε tṑ pelōríde	τᾱ̀ς πελωρῐ́δᾰς tā̀s pelōrídas
Vocative	πελωρῐ́ς pelōrís	πελωρῐ́δε pelōríde	πελωρῐ́δες pelōrídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: pelōris
  • → French: palourde

Further reading

• “πελωρίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• πελωρίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette