πέλας
κούφα σοι χθὼν ἐπάνωθε πέσοι → may earth lie lightly on thee, may the earth rest lightly on you, may the ground be light to you, may the earth be light to you
English (LSJ)
Adv.
A near, hard by, c. gen., which commonly stands before π., Τηλεμάχου π. ἵστατο Od.15.257 ; Νείλου π. A. Supp.308, cf. Ag. 1038, 1671 ; καὶ τάδ' ἀγχόνης π. E. Heracl.246, cf. HF1109 ; also before its case, π. τῆς Κασταλίης Hdt.8.39, cf. 138 ; αὕτη π. σοῦ S.El. 1474 ; separated from its case, Id.Ant.580. 2 c. dat., π. ἐμβόλῳ, σκάπτῳ π., Pi. O.7.18, N.11.4 ; σοὶ π. A. Supp.208, cf. Fr.102. 3 abs., χριμφθεὶς πέλας Od.10.516 ; π. στείχειν, παρεῖναι, παραστατεῖν, E. Or.877, S.Aj.83, A. Th.669. II οἱ π. (sc. ὄντες) one's neighbours, Democr.293, Antipho Soph.58, Hdt.1.97, Critias 15.6 D., Th. 1.69, 4.78,92, Arist. EN1169a14, etc. ; one's fellow creatures, E. Heracl. 2, Hipp.441 ; τὰ τῶν πέλας κακά, opp. τὰ οἰκήϊα, Hdt.7.152 : sg., ὁ π. one's neighbour, Id.3.142, Th.1.32 ; πᾶς τις αὑτὸν τοῦ π. μᾶλλον φιλεῖ E. Med.86 ; cf. πλησίον. III Sup. πελαστάτω nearest, Hp. Loc. Hom. 12, 45, Mul.1.66 : a Sup. Adj. πελάστατος, η, ον, IG14.352 ii65 (Halaesa).
