Pelium

Latin

Alternative forms

• Pēlion

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πήλιον (Pḗlion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.li.um/, [ˈpeːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.li.um/, [ˈpɛːlium]

Proper noun

Pēlium n sg (genitive Pēliī or Pēlī); second declension

1. A mountain of Thessaly, continuation of the Mount Ossa

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pēlium
Genitive	Pēliī Pēlī1
Dative	Pēliō
Accusative	Pēlium
Ablative	Pēliō
Vocative	Pēlium

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• Pēliacus
• Pēlius
• Pēlias

References

• “Pelion”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pelium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Pelium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly