Πάλλας

See also: Παλλάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πάλλω (pállō, “to poise, sway, or swing”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pál.laːs/ → /ˈpal.las/ → /ˈpa.las/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pál.laːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.las/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.las/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpal.las/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpa.las/

Proper noun

Πᾰ́λλᾱς • (Pállās) m (genitive Πᾰ́λλᾰντος); third declension

1. Pallas, the name of a number of male figures in Greek mythology

Usage notes

Πάλλας (Pállas) is masculine and uses the third declension stem Πάλλαντ-. The similarly-spelt name Παλλάς (Pallás) is feminine and uses the different third declension stem Παλλάδ-.

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πᾰ́λλᾱς; τοῦ Πᾰ́λλᾰντος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πᾰ́λλᾱς ho Pállās
Genitive	τοῦ Πᾰ́λλᾰντος toû Pállantos
Dative	τῷ Πᾰ́λλᾰντῐ tôi Pállanti
Accusative	τὸν Πᾰ́λλᾰντᾰ tòn Pállanta
Vocative	Πᾰ́λλᾰν Pállan
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πᾰλλᾰντῐ́δης (Pallantídēs)
• Πᾰλλᾰ́ντῐον (Pallántion)
• Πᾰλλᾰντῐῆς (Pallantiês)

Descendants

• Greek: Πάλλας (Pállas)
• Latin: Pallas

Further reading

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,019