Πηλιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Πήλιον (Pḗlion) +‎ -άς (-ás)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pɛː.li.ás/ → /pi.liˈas/ → /pi.liˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pɛː.li.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pe̝.liˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pi.liˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pi.liˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.liˈas/

Adjective

Πηλῐάς • (Pēliás) f (genitive Πηλῐάδος)

1. of or from Pelion (epithet of the ashen spear given by Chiron to Peleus)
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 16.143
   • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.390
   • 407 BCE, Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis 1047

Declension

Third declension of Πηλῐᾰ́ς; Πηλῐᾰ́δος (Epic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	Πηλῐᾰ́ς Pēliás
Genitive	Πηλῐᾰ́δος Pēliádos
Dative	Πηλῐᾰ́δῐ Pēliádi
Accusative	Πηλῐᾰ́δᾰ Pēliáda
Vocative	Πηλῐᾰ́ς Pēliás
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Further reading

• “Πηλιάς”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• Πηλιάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “Πηλιάς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “Πηλιάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press