Πελασγός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Likely of Pre-Greek origin. Compare Akkadian 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫 (KURpi-lis-ta, “Pilistu”), 𒆳𒉺𒆷𒊍𒌓 (KURpa-la-as-tu₂ /⁠Palastu⁠/), 𒆳𒉿𒇺𒋫𒀀𒀀 (KURpi-liš-ta-a-a /⁠Pilištayu⁠/, “(people) of the Pilištu lands”), and Hebrew פְּלִשְׁתִּים (Pəlíštim). Also consider Egyptian pwrꜣsꜣtj, an ethnicity listed by Pharaoh Merneptah as part of the Sea People coup against Egypt circa 1190 BCE.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Πελασγός • (Pelasgós) m (genitive Πελασγοῦ); second declension

  1. a Pelasgian

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πελασγός; τοῦ Πελασγοῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ Πελασγός
ho Pelasgós 		τὼ Πελασγώ
tṑ Pelasgṓ 		οἱ Πελασγοί
hoi Pelasgoí
Genitive τοῦ Πελασγοῦ
toû Pelasgoû 		τοῖν Πελασγοῖν
toîn Pelasgoîn 		τῶν Πελασγῶν
tôn Pelasgôn
Dative τῷ Πελασγῷ
tōî Pelasgōî 		τοῖν Πελασγοῖν
toîn Pelasgoîn 		τοῖς Πελασγοῖς
toîs Pelasgoîs
Accusative τὸν Πελασγόν
tòn Pelasgón 		τὼ Πελασγώ
tṑ Pelasgṓ 		τοὺς Πελασγούς
toùs Pelasgoús
Vocative Πελασγέ
Pelasgé 		Πελασγώ
Pelasgṓ 		Πελασγοί
Pelasgoí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: Πελασγός (Pelasgós)
  • Latin: Pelasgus
  • Turkish: Pelasg

References

  • “Πελασγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Πελασγός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “Πελασγός”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
  • “Πελασγός”, 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, page 1,020
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