πελώριος

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by Vox Sciurorum (talk | contribs) as of 18:44, 8 January 2020.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Lua error: The template Template:PIE root does not use the parameter(s):
2=kʷer
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

(deprecated template usage)

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

 

Adjective

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

  1. huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, vast

Declension

Further reading

References

  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

Greek

Etymology

Lua error: The template Template:PIE root does not use the parameter(s):
2=kʷer
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.

(deprecated template usage)

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

Adjective

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

Synonyms

References

  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