Pelasgian Definition

pə-lăzjē-ən
noun
Any of a prehistoric people mentioned by ancient Greek authors and believed to have lived in, variously, Greece, Asia Minor, and the Aegean Islands.
Webster's New World
adjective
Of the Pelasgians.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Pelasgian

Noun

Singular:
Pelasgian
Plural:
pelasgians

Origin of Pelasgian

  • Middle English from Latin Pelasgus from Greek Pelasgos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Pelasgian Sentence Examples

  • The Illyrians were also "Pelasgian," but in a wider sense.

  • The name Larissa was common to many "Pelasgian" towns, and apparently signified a fortified city or burg, such as the citadel of Argos.

  • The Minyae were expelled by a Pelasgian tribe who came from Attica.

  • Alcaeus (7th-6th centuries B.C.) calls Antandrus in the Troad Lelegian, but Herodotus (5th century) substitutes Pelasgian (q.v.).

  • According to Weizsacker, he was an old Pelasgian or pre-Hellenic god, to whom human sacrifice was offered, bearing a non-Hellenic name similar to XLKo, whence the story originated of his metamorphosis into a wolf.

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