pelasgian
Collocations
5ADJ.
all, cunning, old, primitive, unknowing
VERB + PELASGIAN
described
PELASGIAN + NOUN
art, crimes, sleights
PREP.
in, in
ADV.
eminently, obviously
Definitions
noun
An inhabitant of pre-Hellenic Greece.
It seems evident that the Hellenes much excelled the Pelasgians in the spirit of enterprise and in military accomplishments.
In Homer the Pelasgians¹ are of little importance. They are inhabitants of Asia Minor, where they possess a Larissa, and fight in the ranks of the Trojan army. We also hear of Pelasgi among the inhabitants of Crete.
name
The language spoken by the Pelasgians.
1869, Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, New Series, Volume 1, Ethnological Society of London, Trübner and Co. page 324, Pelasgian, therefore, is regarded by him as convertible with Illyrian, and that with Gueg, subject to modifications of Tosk and relations therewith.
[…]Malte-Brun described Pelasgian as a primitive version of Greek, and distinguished it from Illyrian, which he regarded as a branch of the Thracian language.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, their culture, etc.
The very solemn and ancient observance of her^([Demeter's]) worship in Attica, which was so eminently a Pelasgian state in the time of Homer, entirely accords with the indications of the Homeric text.
Croesus learns that of the Spartans and the Athenians, the one ethnos, the Spartans, was Dorian, the other, the Athenians, was Ionian; the one (obviously Athenians) were Pelasgian of old, the other (the Dorians) were Greek (Hellenikon).
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6It seems evident that the Hellenes much excelled the Pelasgians in the spirit of enterprise and in military accomplishments.
WiktionaryIn Homer the Pelasgians¹ are of little importance. They are inhabitants of Asia Minor, where they possess a Larissa, and fight in the ranks of the Trojan army. We also hear of Pelasgi among the inhabi
Wiktionary1869, Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, New Series, Volume 1, Ethnological Society of London, Trübner and Co. page 324, Pelasgian, therefore, is regarded by him as convertible with Illyri
Wiktionary[…]Malte-Brun described Pelasgian as a primitive version of Greek, and distinguished it from Illyrian, which he regarded as a branch of the Thracian language.
WiktionaryThe very solemn and ancient observance of her^([Demeter's]) worship in Attica, which was so eminently a Pelasgian state in the time of Homer, entirely accords with the indications of the Homeric text.
WiktionaryCroesus learns that of the Spartans and the Athenians, the one ethnos, the Spartans, was Dorian, the other, the Athenians, was Ionian; the one (obviously Athenians) were Pelasgian of old, the other (t
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