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πέλεια

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: πέλεια πελείας

Structure: πελει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: pelo/s

Sense

  1. rock pigeon
  2. a prophetic priestess of Dodona (usually in plural)

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative πέλεια πελείᾱ πέλειαι
Genitive πελείᾱς πελείαιν πελειῶν
Dative πελείᾱͅ πελείαιν πελείαις
Accusative πέλειαν πελείᾱ πελείᾱς
Vocative πέλεια πελείᾱ πέλειαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τῇ μὲν τ’ οὐδὲ ποτητὰ, παρέρχεται οὐδὲ Πέλειαι τρήρωνεσ, ταὶ τ’ ἀμβροσίην Διὶ πατρὶ φέρουσι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 79 3:2)
  • διόπερ ἀπὸ τῶν πτηνῶν αὐτὰσ χωρίζει λέγων τῇ μὲν τ’ οὐδὲ ποτητὰ παρέρχεται οὐδὲ Πέλειαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 79 3:4)
  • ἡ δὲ τοῦ ὀνόματοσ ἐκτροπή, καθ’ ἣν αἱ Πλειάδεσ λέγονται Πέλειαι καὶ Πελειάδεσ, παρὰ πολλοῖσ ἐστι τῶν ποιητῶν, πρώτη δὲ Μοιρὼ ἡ Βυζαντία καλῶσ ἐδέξατο τὸν νοῦν τῶν Ὁμήρου ποιημάτων ἐν τῇ Μνημοσύνῃ ἐπιγραφομένῃ φάσκουσα τὴν ἀμβροσίαν τῷ Διὶ τὰσ Πλειάδασ κομίζειν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 801)
  • καὶ Σιμμίασ δ’ ἐν τῇ Γοργοῖ φησιν αἰθέροσ ὠκεῖαι πρόπολοι πίλναντο Πέλειαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 80 4:1)
  • οὐδέ τοι ἀκρόνυχοι ψυχραὶ δύνουσι Πέλειαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 80 4:3)

Synonyms

  1. a prophetic priestess of Dodona

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