πελώριος

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From πέλωρ (pélōr, supernatural monster) +‎ -ιος (-ios). The noun is of unknown origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-ōr (maker, builder?) modified by dissimilation, given variant forms such as τέλωρ (télōr) and τελώριος (telṓrios) which point to an original initial *kʷ, though this derivation is problematic.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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πελώρῐος (pelṓriosm (feminine πελωρίᾱ, neuter πελώρῐον); first/second declension

  1. monstrous, prodigious
  2. huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, vast

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέλωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1169–1170

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek πελώριος (pelṓrios, enormous), from πέλωρ (pélōr, supernatural monster), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-ōr modified by dissimilation, given variant forms such as τέλωρ (télōr) and τελώριος (telṓrios) which point to an original initial *kʷ, though this derivation is problematic.[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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πελώριος (pelóriosm (feminine πελώρια, neuter πελώριο)

  1. huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, humongous
    Ο ψαράς έπιασε ένα πελώριο ψάρι.
    O psarás épiase éna pelório psári.
    The fisherman caught a huge fish.

Declension

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singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative πελώριος (pelórios) πελώρια (pelória) πελώριο (pelório) πελώριοι (pelórioi) πελώριες (pelóries) πελώρια (pelória)
genitive πελώριου (pelóriou) πελώριας (pelórias) πελώριου (pelóriou) πελώριων (pelórion) πελώριων (pelórion) πελώριων (pelórion)
accusative πελώριο (pelório) πελώρια (pelória) πελώριο (pelório) πελώριους (pelórious) πελώριες (pelóries) πελώρια (pelória)
vocative πελώριε (pelórie) πελώρια (pelória) πελώριο (pelório) πελώριοι (pelórioi) πελώριες (pelóries) πελώρια (pelória)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος, etc.)

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέλωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1169–1170