Pelasgian

[ puh-laz-jee-uh n, -juh n, -gee-uh n ]

/ pəˈlæz dʒi ən, -dʒən, -gi ən /

adjective

of or relating to the Pelasgians.

noun

a member of a prehistoric people inhabiting Greece, Asia Minor, and the islands of the eastern Mediterranean.

Origin of Pelasgian

1480–90; ≪ Greek Pelásgi(os) Pelasgian ( Pelasg(oí) Pelasgi + -ios adj. suffix) + -an

Example sentences from the Web for pelasgian

This Roma is described as a Pelasgian place in which Evander, the introducer of scientific culture, resided.

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 |Various
From its rich pastures, Arcadia was originally well adapted for Pelasgian inhabitants.

Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Vol. 1 of 3 |W. E. Gladstone
The same writer elsewhere (I 56, etc.) draws a distinction between 'Hellenic' and 'Pelasgian' peoples.

The Heroic Age |H. Munro Chadwick
It is true that the so-called Pelasgian walls are built in a totally different style, for the stones in them are polygonal.

Old Rome |Robert Burn

From that time forth have I known the fall of the Trojan city, known thy name and the Pelasgian princes.

The Aeneid of Virgil |Virgil

British Dictionary definitions for pelasgian

Pelasgian

/ (pɛˈlæzdʒɪən) /

noun

a member of any of the pre-Hellenic peoples (the Pelasgi) who inhabited Greece and the islands and coasts of the Aegean Sea before the arrival of the Bronze Age Greeks

adjective Also: Pelasgic

of or relating to these peoples

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Pelasgian

adjective

noun

Origin of Pelasgian

Example sentences from the Web for pelasgian

British Dictionary definitions for pelasgian

noun

adjective Also: Pelasgic