Πρωτεσίλαος
ὅσα ἦν νενοσσευμένα ὀρνίθων γένεα → as many species of birds as had their nests, all the other kinds of birds which had been hatched
English (LSJ)
[ῐ], ὁ, Dor. -λας, α, Pi.I.1.58; Ion. and Att. Πρωτεσι-λέως, εω:—
A First of the people, name of the hero who first leaped ashore at Troy, Il.2.698 (so understood by Hom., ib.702, but the name may be a corruption of Πορθεσίλαος, cf. Cret. Πορθεσίλας and Πορτεσίλας) :—Πρωτεσιλάειον, τό, his monument, Str.13.1.31: Πρωτεσιλάεια, τά, his festival, Sch.Pi.I.1.11.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
Πρωτεσίλᾱος: ὁ, Δωρ. -λας, α, Πινδ. Ι. 1. 83· Ἰων. καὶ Ἀττ. -λεως, εω· - ὁ πρῶτος τοῦ λαοῦ, ὄνομα τοῦ ἥρωος· ὅστις πρῶτος πάντων τῶν Ἑλλήνων ἐπήδησεν εἰς τὴν Τρωϊκὴν γῆν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πρῶτος ἐφονεύθη, τὸν δ’ ἔκτανε Δάρδανος ἀνὴρ νηὸς ἀποθρώσκοντα πολὺ πρώτιστον Ἀχαιῶν Ἰλ. Β. 702· - Πρωτεσιλάειον, τό, τὸ μνημεῖον αὐτοῦ, Στράβ. 595· -Πρωτεσιλάεια, τά, ἡ εἰς τιμὴν αὐτοῦ ἑορτή, Σχόλ. εἰς Πινδ. Ι. 1. 11.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ου (ὁ) :
Protésilas, chef des Thessaliens devant Troie.
Étymologie: πρῶτος, λαός.
