πελεκᾶς

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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

Valerius Maximus, De Factis Dictisque
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Transliteration A: pelekâs Transliteration B: pelekas Transliteration C: pelekas Beta Code: peleka=s

English (LSJ)

ᾶντος, ὁ,

   A woodpecker, as if joiner-bird (from πελεκάω), Ar. Av.884, 1155.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πελεκᾶς: -ᾶντος, ὁ, ὁ δρυοκολάπτης ἢ «ξυλοφαγᾶς», οἰονεὶ ὁ ξυλουργὸς (ἐκ τοῦ πελεκάω), Ἀριστοφ. Ὄρν. 884, πρβλ. 1155, 1157.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ᾶντος (ὁ) :
pivert, oiseau, ou pê c. πελεκάν.
Étymologie: πελεκάω.

Greek Monolingual

(I)
-ᾶντος, ὁ, Α
το πτηνό δρυοκολάπτης.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πελεκάν, -ᾶνος με επίθημα -ᾶς, -ᾶντος (πρβλ. ἀλλᾶς, -ᾶντος
βλ. -όεις)].———————— (II)
-ᾱτος, ὁ, Α
αυτός που κατασκευάζει πελέκεις, τσεκούρια.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < πέλεκυς + επίθημα -ᾶς (πρβλ. πελλάς)].