# πελώριος
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* τελώριος (telṓrios)
* πέλωρος (pélōros)

### Etymology

From πέλωρ (pélōr, “supernatural monster”) +‎ -ιος (-ios). The noun is of unknown origin; perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-ōr (“maker, builder?”) modified by dissimilation, given variant forms such as τέλωρ (télōr) and τελώριος (telṓrios) which point to an original initial *kʷ, though this derivation is problematic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pe.lɔ̌ː.ri.os/ → /peˈlo.ri.os/ → /peˈlo.ri.os/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /pe.lɔ̌ː.ri.os/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /peˈlo.ri.os/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /peˈlo.ri.os/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /peˈlo.ri.os/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /peˈlo.ri.os/

### Adjective

πελώρῐος • (pelṓrios) m (feminine πελωρίᾱ, neuter πελώρῐον); first/second declension
* monstrous, prodigious
* huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, vast

#### Declension
### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέλωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1169–1170

### Further reading

* “πελώριος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* πελώριος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* πελώριος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “πελώριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “πελώριος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. gigantic idem, page 359.vast idem, page 945.

## Greek
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek πελώριος (pelṓrios, “enormous”), from πέλωρ (pélōr, “supernatural monster”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-ōr modified by dissimilation, given variant forms such as τέλωρ (télōr) and τελώριος (telṓrios) which point to an original initial *kʷ, though this derivation is problematic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /peˈlo.ri.os/

### Adjective

πελώριος • (pelórios) m (feminine πελώρια, neuter πελώριο)
* huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, humongous
    Ο ψαράς έπιασε ένα πελώριο ψάρι.O psarás épiase éna pelório psári.The fisherman caught a huge fish.

#### Declension

| number case \ gender | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| number case \ gender | masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter |
| nominative | πελώριος • | πελώρια • | πελώριο • | πελώριοι • | πελώριες • | πελώρια • |
| genitive | πελώριου • | πελώριας • | πελώριου • | πελώριων • | πελώριων • | πελώριων • |
| accusative | πελώριο • | πελώρια • | πελώριο • | πελώριους • | πελώριες • | πελώρια • |
| vocative | πελώριε • | πελώρια • | πελώριο • | πελώριοι • | πελώριες • | πελώρια • |
| derivations | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος, etc.) | Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.) Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος, etc.) |

#### Synonyms

* τεράστιος (terástios, “massive”)
* υπερμεγέθης (ypermegéthis, “oversized”)
* κολοσσιαίος (kolossiaíos, “colossal”)
* γιγάντιος (gigántios, “gigantic”)

### References

* ↑ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “πέλωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1169–1170