πέλωρ

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καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν πᾶν πρόσφατον ὑπὸ τὸν ἥλιον → and there's nothing new under the sun (Eccl. 1:9 LXX)

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Full diacritics: πέλωρ Medium diacritics: πέλωρ Low diacritics: πέλωρ Capitals: ΠΕΛΩΡ
Transliteration A: pélōr Transliteration B: pelōr Transliteration C: pelor Beta Code: pe/lwr

English (LSJ)

τό,

   A portent, prodigy, monster, Ep. Noun, only nom. and acc., in early writers always of living beings, mostly in bad sense, as of the Cyclops, π. ἀθεμίστια εἰδώς Od.9.428 ; αὐτὴ δ' αὖτε π. κακόν, of Scylla, 12.87 ; of the serpent Python, h.Ap. 374 ; of a dolphin, π. μέγα τε δεινόν τε ib.401 ; even of Hephaestus, π. αἴητον ἀνέστη χωλεύων Il.18.410 ; later, of things, εὐρυτενὴς ὠγκοῦτο π. μίτος Nonn. D. 24.257.—Cf. πέλωρος.

German (Pape)

[Seite 552] τό (πέλω? vgl. πελώριος), nur im nom. u. accus. sing. gebräuchlich, Ungeheuer, Ungethüm, von allem ungewöhnlich Großen, bes. lebenden Wesen, gew. im schlimmen Sinne; vom Kyklopen, Od. 9, 428; von der Skylla, 12, 87; vom Drachen Python, H. h. Apoll. 374; aber auch bloß zur Bezeichnung der Größe, von einem Delphin, H. h. Ap. 401; vom Hephästus, Il. 18, 410; sp. D., γαίης εἶναι ἔϊκτο πέλωρ τέκος Ap. Rh. 2, 39.