Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pelH- (gray). Cognates include πελιός (peliós, black and blue, livid), πελιτνός (pelitnós, livid, blue), πολιός (poliós, grey, grizzly), Sanskrit पलित (palitá), Latin pallidus and Old Armenian ալիք (alikʻ, wave, gray hair).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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πελλός (pellósm (feminine πελλή, neuter πελλόν); first/second declension

  1. dark-colored, dusky

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