πέλωρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=η, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Od. 15.161</span> (the only example of the fem. in Hom.) :—<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[monstrous]], [[prodigious]], [[huge]], with collat. notion of [[terrible]], in Hom. much rarer than the form [[πελώριος]], but in Hes. the more common; δράκοντα φέρων ὀνύχεσσι πέλωρον <span class="bibl">Il.12.202</span>; <b class="b3">χῆνα φ. ὀ. π</b>. Od.l.c.; <b class="b3">π. ὄφιν, δεινόν τε μέγαν τε</b>. <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>299</span>; <b class="b3">Γαῖα πελώρη</b> ib.<span class="bibl">159</span>, <span class="bibl">173</span>, <span class="bibl">Q.S.2.225</span>; [[θάμβος]] <span class="bibl">Maiist.55</span>; <b class="b3">ὡς φοβερός, ὡς π</b>. <span class="bibl">Ezek. <span class="title">Exag.</span>125</span> : neut. pl. as Adv., <b class="b3">πέλωρα βιβᾷ</b> with [[gigantic]] tread, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span> 225</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">349</span> : Sup. πελώριστος <span class="bibl">Theoc. <span class="title">Ep.</span> 18.5</span> (fort. πεδωρισταί = [[Μεθορισταί]] (Dor. [[ὦρος]] = [[ὅρος]]), i.e. [[μέτοικοι]]).</span>