πέλανος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

πελανός (pelanós)

Etymology

The original meaning and etymology are uncertain. If the original meaning was "flat cake", it could be derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂- (“flat, broad, plain”). However, Furnée compares πέλαινα (pélaina, “round cake”) and concludes that it is a Pre-Greek word.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

πέλᾰνος • (pélănos) m (genitive πελᾰ́νου); second declension

any thick liquid substance, of various consistency
mixture offered to the gods and the dead, of meal, honey and oil
1. meal made from barley and wheat, of which this mixture was made
round cake offered to the gods
measure of weight

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πέλᾰνος; τοῦ πελᾰ́νου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πέλᾰνος ho pélănos	τὼ πελᾰ́νω tṑ pelắnō	οἱ πέλᾰνοι hoi pélănoi
Genitive	τοῦ πελᾰ́νου toû pelắnou	τοῖν πελᾰ́νοιν toîn pelắnoin	τῶν πελᾰ́νων tôn pelắnōn
Dative	τῷ πελᾰ́νῳ tōî pelắnōi	τοῖν πελᾰ́νοιν toîn pelắnoin	τοῖς πελᾰ́νοις toîs pelắnois
Accusative	τὸν πέλᾰνον tòn pélănon	τὼ πελᾰ́νω tṑ pelắnō	τοὺς πελᾰ́νους toùs pelắnous
Vocative	πέλᾰνε pélăne	πελᾰ́νω pelắnō	πέλᾰνοι pélănoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.