Πηλεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.lěu̯s/ → /piˈleɸs/ → /piˈlefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.lěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝ˈlews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /piˈleɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /piˈlefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /piˈlefs/

Proper noun

Πηλεύς • (Pēleús) m (genitive Πηλέως); third declension

1. Peleus

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Πηλεύς; τοῦ Πηλέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πηλεύς ho Pēleús
Genitive	τοῦ Πηλέως toû Pēléōs
Dative	τῷ Πηλεῖ tôi Pēleî
Accusative	τὸν Πηλέᾱ tòn Pēléā
Vocative	Πηλεῦ Pēleû
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Third declension of Πηλεύς; Πηλῆος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Πηλεύς Pēleús
Genitive	Πηλῆος / Πηλέος Pēlêos / Pēléos
Dative	Πηλῆῐ̈ / Πηλέῐ̈ Pēlêï / Pēléï
Accusative	Πηλῆᾰ / Πηλέᾰ Pēlêa / Pēléa
Vocative	Πηλεῦ Pēleû
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Πηλεῐ̈́δης (Pēleḯdēs)
• Πήλειος (Pḗleios)
• Πηλεῐ̈́ων (Pēleḯōn)
• Πηληῐ̈ᾰ́δης (Pēlēïádēs)
• Πηλήιος (Pēlḗios)

Descendants

• Greek: Πηλεύς (Piléfs); Πηλέας (Piléas)
• Latin: Pēleus
  • English: Peleus

References

• “Πηλεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Πηλεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “Πηλεύς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• “Πηλεύς”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,020