πελλός

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • πέλλος (péllos)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (gray). Cognates include πελιός (peliós, black and blue, livid), πελιτνός (pelitnós, livid, blue), πολιός (poliós, grey, grizzly), Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Latin pallidus and Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, wave, gray hair).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

πελλός • (pellósm (feminine πελλή, neuter πελλόν); first/second declension

  1. dark-colored, dusky

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