πηλός

See also: πίλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• πᾱλός (pālós) — Doric

Etymology

Without a convincing etymology. Perhaps from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.lós/ → /piˈlos/ → /piˈlos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.lós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝ˈlos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈlos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈlos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈlos/

Noun

πηλός • (pēlós) m or f (genitive πηλοῦ); second declension

1. clay, earth, used by masons and potters
2. mud, mire
3. thick or muddy wine, lees
4. (figuratively) dolt, blockhead

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ, ἡ πηλός; τοῦ, τῆς πηλοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ, ἡ πηλός ho, hē pēlós	τὼ πηλώ tṑ pēlṓ	οἱ, αἱ πηλοί hoi, hai pēloí
Genitive	τοῦ, τῆς πηλοῦ toû, tês pēloû	τοῖν πηλοῖν toîn pēloîn	τῶν πηλῶν tôn pēlôn
Dative	τῷ, τῇ πηλῷ tôi, têi pēlôi	τοῖν πηλοῖν toîn pēloîn	τοῖς, ταῖς πηλοῖς toîs, taîs pēloîs
Accusative	τὸν, τὴν πηλόν tòn, tḕn pēlón	τὼ πηλώ tṑ pēlṓ	τοὺς, τᾱ̀ς πηλούς toùs, tā̀s pēloús
Vocative	πηλέ pēlé	πηλώ pēlṓ	πηλοί pēloí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• πηλαῖος (pēlaîos)
• πηλάριον (pēlárion)
• πήλινος (pḗlinos)
• πηλοβάτης (pēlobátēs)
• πηλόγονος (pēlógonos)
• πηλοδευστέω (pēlodeustéō)
• πηλοδομέω (pēlodoméō)
• πηλόδομος (pēlódomos)
• πηλοεργίη (pēloergíē)
• πηλοεψητής (pēloepsētḗs)
• πήλοθεν (pḗlothen)
• πηλοπατέω (pēlopatéō)
• πηλοπατίδες (pēlopatídes)
• πηλοπλάθος (pēlopláthos)
• πηλόπλαστος (pēlóplastos)
• πηλοπλάτων (pēloplátōn)
• πηλοποιός (pēlopoiós)
• πηλοστρόφιον (pēlostróphion)
• πηλότροφος (pēlótrophos)
• πηλουργός (pēlourgós)
• πηλόω (pēlóō)
• πηλώδης (pēlṓdēs)
• πηλώεις (pēlṓeis)
• πήλωμα (pḗlōma)
• πήλωσις (pḗlōsis)

 

Descendants

• Greek: πηλός (pilós)

Further reading

• “πηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πηλός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• πηλός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós), of uncertain origin; possibly Pre-Greek.

Noun

πηλός • (pilós) m (plural πηλοί)

1. clay

   Synonym: άργιλος (árgilos)

Declension

Declension of πηλός

	singular	plural
nominative	πηλός •	πηλοί •
genitive	πηλού •	πηλών •
accusative	πηλό •	πηλούς •
vocative	πηλέ •	πηλοί •

Further reading

• πηλός on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el