Ancient Greek edit

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Etymology edit

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]

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Adjective edit

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

  1. monstrous, prodigious
  2. huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, vast

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References edit

  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

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Etymology edit

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 edit

Adjective edit

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.

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References edit

  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