Πελασγιῶται
δρυὸς πεσούσης πᾶς ἀνὴρ ξυλεύεται → when the oak falls, everyone cuts wood | when an oak has fallen, every man gathers wood | on the fall of an oak, every man gathers wood | when an oak has fallen, every man becomes a woodcutter | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his strength | one takes advantage of somebody who has lost his power | when the tree is fallen, every man goes to it with his hatchet
English (LSJ)
οἱ, inhabitants of Pelasgiotis in Thessaly, Str.9.5.3; used for Greeks in general, E. Fr.228.7:
French (Bailly abrégé)
ῶν (οἱ) :
1 les Pélasgiotes, peuple de la Thessalie;
2 les Grecs en gén.
Étymologie: Πελασγός.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
Πελασγιῶται: ῶν οἱ пеласгиоты (племя в Фессалии), поэт. Eur. = Ἓλληνες.
Middle Liddell
[from πελασγός]
Pelasgiotes (in Thessaly), Strab.:—fem. adj. Πελασγίς, ίδος, Hdt.