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|etymtx=Grammatical information: n.,<br />Meaning: [[monster]], [[monstrosity]] (Hom., Hes., h. Ap., Nonn.).<br />Other forms: pl. <b class="b3">πέλωρα</b> beside sg. <b class="b3">πέλωρον</b> n.<br />Derivatives: Adj. <b class="b3">πέλωρ-ος</b> (certain first Hes.), older and more usual <b class="b3">-ιος</b> (Il.) [[monstrous]], [[enormous]]. Dimin. <b class="b3">πελωρ-ίς</b> (Xenocr. Med.), <b class="b3">-άς</b> (hell. a. late poetry) f. <b class="b2">kind of shell</b>.<br />Origin: XX [etym. unknown]<br />Etymology: Old formation in <b class="b3">-ωρ</b> (to which perh. the PN <b class="b3">πελάρης</b>, Styra; Schwyzer 519, but not with old ablaut). On the diff. forms cf. Risch $ 6b and Egli Heteroklisie 89ff. (not in all repects convincing). Beside it <b class="b3">τέλωρ πελώριον</b>, <b class="b3">μακρόν</b>, <b class="b3">μέγα</b> and <b class="b3">τελώριος μέγας</b>, <b class="b3">πελώριος</b> H. (also grave inscript. Memphis Ia); <b class="b3">πέλωρ</b> etc. so Aeolic. Perh. with dissimilation for IE <b class="b2">*kʷerōr</b> and so belonging with <b class="b3">τέρας</b> [[marvel]], [[monster]] (Osthoff Arch. f. Religionswiss. 8, 51 ff.); s.v. with further connections. -- To be rejected Bechtel Lex. s. v. (where important details): after Benfey, Solmsen a.o. to OHG <b class="b2">(h)wal</b> etc. [[whale]]. -- The supposed <b class="b2">*kʷer-or</b> does not easily explain <b class="b3">τέρας</b> (from <b class="b2">*kʷerh₂-s</b>?), so this word should better be left aside. So there is no etymology.

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