Pelasgicadj.n.

Brit.

/pᵻˈlazdʒɪk/,

/pɛˈlazdʒɪk/,

/pᵻˈlazɡɪk/,

/pɛˈlazɡɪk/, U.S.

/pəˈlæzdʒɪk/,

/pəˈlæzɡɪk/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pelasgicus.

Etymology: < classical Latin Pelasgicus Pelasgian < ancient Greek Πελασγικός < Πελασγός (see Pelasgi n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. With sense A. 2 compare French pélasgique (in construction pélasgique (1831)). Compare earlier Pelasgian adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pĭlæ·zdʒik) /pɪˈlæzdʒɪk/.

A. adj.

1. Chiefly Ancient History. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pelasgians or their language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [adjective]

Pelasgianc1487

Ionical1566

Minyan1598

Pelasgic1715

Helladian1773

Minoan1830

proto-Greek1887

Keftian1929

1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 829 Now Muse recount Pelasgic Argos' Pow'rs.

1767 J. Parsons Remains of Japhet iv. 87 It is evident, as a proof of what I have now said, from Herodotus, that the Athenians were a Pelasgic nation.

1785 T. Astle in Archaeologia 7 361 Homer was a native of Ionia, where the Pelasgic alphabet was first improved.

1815 H. Marsh Horæ Pelasgicæ (title page) A Description of the Pelasgic or Æolic Digamma.

1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 377/2 Tralles in Caria was a Pelasgic town.

1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 62 With all his hairy Pelasgic strength directed on his opening sense of beauty.

1930 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 50 247 It is legitimate to conclude that the houses, the cemetery and the Sanctuary at Efestia all belong to the same population—that which Herodotus calls Pelasgic.

1996 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 3) 1131/2 Herodotus..ascribes the minority-language of the Crestonians in Chalcidice a Pelasgic origin.

2. Architecture. Characteristic of or designating a form of stonework found in Greece and neighbouring countries, consisting of rough or unhewn stones fitted together without mortar. Cf. Cyclopean adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [adjective] > made or built of stone > in specific way

rustic1563

rusticated1730

axed1813

rock-worked1818

Pelasgic1831

1831 Encycl. Brit. III. 413/1 (margin) Pelasgic architecture.

1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 65/2 The character of the ancient citadel wall at Athens, already mentioned, has given the name ‘Pelasgic masonry’ to all constructions of large unhewn blocks fitted roughly together without mortar.

1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 576 (caption) Plinth: pelasgic masonry, sometimes also called (confusingly) cyclopean masonry.

B. n.

= Pelasgian n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated as early Indo-European

Pelasgic1767

Phrygian1793

Thracian1879

Pelasgian1925

1767 J. Parsons Remains of Japhet xi. 374 The Pelasgic was the universal language.

1871 D. G. Brinton Arawack Lang. Guiana 10 In Haiti, there was a tongue current all over the island,..the Spaniards..discovered it to be closely akin to the ‘Pelasgic’ of Europe.

1966 E. P. Hamp in H. Birnbaum & J. Puhvel Anc. Indo-European Dial. 114 It is convenient here to reproduce Georgiev's subgrouping of Indo-European..: Central: Greek, Daco-Mysian.., Indo-Iranian, Phrygian-Armenian, Thracian, Pelasgic.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pelasgic
释义	Pelasgicadj.n. Brit. /pᵻˈlazdʒɪk/, /pɛˈlazdʒɪk/, /pᵻˈlazɡɪk/, /pɛˈlazɡɪk/, U.S. /pəˈlæzdʒɪk/, /pəˈlæzɡɪk/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin Pelasgicus. Etymology: < classical Latin Pelasgicus Pelasgian < ancient Greek Πελασγικός < Πελασγός (see Pelasgi n.) + -ικός -ic suffix. With sense A. 2 compare French pélasgique (in construction pélasgique (1831)). Compare earlier Pelasgian adj. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (pĭlæ·zdʒik) /pɪˈlæzdʒɪk/. A. adj. 1. Chiefly Ancient History. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the Pelasgians or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > ancient peoples of Greece and the Aegean > [adjective] Pelasgianc1487 Ionical1566 Minyan1598 Pelasgic1715 Helladian1773 Minoan1830 proto-Greek1887 Keftian1929 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. ii. 829 Now Muse recount Pelasgic Argos' Pow'rs. 1767 J. Parsons Remains of Japhet iv. 87 It is evident, as a proof of what I have now said, from Herodotus, that the Athenians were a Pelasgic nation. 1785 T. Astle in Archaeologia 7 361 Homer was a native of Ionia, where the Pelasgic alphabet was first improved. 1815 H. Marsh Horæ Pelasgicæ (title page) A Description of the Pelasgic or Æolic Digamma. 1840 Penny Cycl. XVII. 377/2 Tralles in Caria was a Pelasgic town. 1860 R. W. Emerson Power in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 62 With all his hairy Pelasgic strength directed on his opening sense of beauty. 1930 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 50 247 It is legitimate to conclude that the houses, the cemetery and the Sanctuary at Efestia all belong to the same population—that which Herodotus calls Pelasgic. 1996 Oxf. Classical Dict. (ed. 3) 1131/2 Herodotus..ascribes the minority-language of the Crestonians in Chalcidice a Pelasgic origin. 2. Architecture. Characteristic of or designating a form of stonework found in Greece and neighbouring countries, consisting of rough or unhewn stones fitted together without mortar. Cf. Cyclopean adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > building or constructing > building or constructing with stone > [adjective] > made or built of stone > in specific way rustic1563 rusticated1730 axed1813 rock-worked1818 Pelasgic1831 1831 Encycl. Brit. III. 413/1 (margin) Pelasgic architecture. 1911 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 65/2 The character of the ancient citadel wall at Athens, already mentioned, has given the name ‘Pelasgic masonry’ to all constructions of large unhewn blocks fitted roughly together without mortar. 1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 576 (caption) Plinth: pelasgic masonry, sometimes also called (confusingly) cyclopean masonry. B. n. = Pelasgian n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [noun] > Indo-European > postulated as early Indo-European Pelasgic1767 Phrygian1793 Thracian1879 Pelasgian1925 1767 J. Parsons Remains of Japhet xi. 374 The Pelasgic was the universal language. 1871 D. G. Brinton Arawack Lang. Guiana 10 In Haiti, there was a tongue current all over the island,..the Spaniards..discovered it to be closely akin to the ‘Pelasgic’ of Europe. 1966 E. P. Hamp in H. Birnbaum & J. Puhvel Anc. Indo-European Dial. 114 It is convenient here to reproduce Georgiev's subgrouping of Indo-European..: Central: Greek, Daco-Mysian.., Indo-Iranian, Phrygian-Armenian, Thracian, Pelasgic. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1715
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