Pelasgian

English Etymology From en grc Πελασγός en ian, presumably based on a Pre-Greek ethnonym. Compare egy pwrꜣsꜣtj, an ethnonym listed as one of the Sea Peoples attacking Egypt around 1190 BCE. Noun s Pelasgi An inhabitant of pre-Hellenic Greece. en 1830 Henry Malden History of Rome Baldwin and Cradock https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Wn0PAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA70&dq=%22Pelasgian%22%7C%22Pelasgians%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv45jgvPH9AhXBk4kEHShWDsUQ6AF6BAhAEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Pelasgian%22%7C%22Pelasgians%22&f=false 70 It seems evident that the Hellenes much excelled the Pelasgians in the spirit of enterprise and in military accomplishments. en 1895 Evelyn Abbott A History of Greece G. P. Putnam's Sons https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oqMRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA27&dq=%22Pelasgian%22%7C%22Pelasgians%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv45jgvPH9AhXBk4kEHShWDsUQ6AF6BAgqEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Pelasgian%22%7C%22Pelasgians%22&f=false 27 In Homer the Pelasgians1 are of little importance. They are inhabitants of Asia Minor, where they possess a Larissa, and fight in the ranks of the Trojan army. We also hear of Pelasgi among the inhabitants of Crete. Usage notes According to Wikipedia: The name "Pelasgians" was used by classical Greek writers to refer either to the predecessors of the Greeks, or to all the inhabitants of Greece before the emergence of the Greeks. In general, "Pelasgian" has come to mean more broadly all the indigenous inhabitants of the Aegean Sea region and their cultures. British historian Peter Green comments on it as "a hold-all term for any ancient, primitive and presumably indigenous people in the Greek world". (For references, see Pelasgians) Translations inhabitant of pre-Hellenic or proto-Hellenic Greece Czech: cs Pelasg m Dutch: nl Pelasgiër French: fr Pélasges m-p German: de Pelasger Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Πελασγός Latin: la Pelasgus Proper noun The language spoken by the Pelasgians. 1869, Journal of the Ethnological Society of London, New Series, Volume 1, Ethnological Society of London, Trübner and Co. page 324, Pelasgian, therefore, is regarded by him[Von Hahn] as convertible with Illyrian, and that with Gueg, subject to modifications of Tosk and relations therewith. en 2002 Noel Malcolm Myths of Albanian National Identity Stephanie Schwandner-Sievers; Bernd Jürgen Fischer Albanian Identities w:Indiana University Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=oRASDq3rc-YC&pg=PA76&dq=%22Pelasgian%22%7C%22Pelasgians%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiv45jgvPH9AhXBk4kEHShWDsUQ6AF6BAhREAI#v=onepage&q=%22Pelasgian%22%7C%22Pelasgians%22&f=false 76 Malte-Brun described Pelasgian as a primitive version of Greek, and distinguished it from Illyrian, which he regarded as a branch of the Thracian language. Translations language of the Pelasgians French: fr German: de Pelasgisch n Italian: it Adjective Of or pertaining to the Pelasgians, their culture, etc. en Pelasgic en 1858 w:William Ewart Gladstone Studies on Homer and the Homeric Age, Volume II https://books.google.com.au/books?id=bFA595wahhUC&pg=PA214&dq=%22Pelasgian%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgpJCs4vH9AhU33TgGHcwbBvsQ6AF6BAgkEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Pelasgian%22&f=false 214 w:Oxford University Press The very solemn and ancient observance of her[Demeter's] worship in Attica, which was so eminently a Pelasgian state in the time of Homer, entirely accords with the indications of the Homeric text. en 2000 Rosalind Thomas Herodotus in Context Paperback https://books.google.com.au/books?id=3PZnK1OabeoC&pg=PA119&dq=%22Pelasgian%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgpJCs4vH9AhU33TgGHcwbBvsQ6AF6BAhCEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Pelasgian%22&f=false 119 w:Cambridge University Press Croesus learns that of the Spartans and the Athenians, the one ethnos, the Spartans, was Dorian, the other, the Athenians, was Ionian; the one (obviously Athenians) were Pelasgian of old, the other (the Dorians) were Greek (Hellenikon). en 2014 Harald Haarmann Roots of Ancient Greek Civilization https://books.google.com.au/books?id=M1qDBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA17&dq=%22Pelasgian%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjgpJCs4vH9AhU33TgGHcwbBvsQ6AF6BAhYEAI#v=onepage&q=%22Pelasgian%22&f=false 17 w:McFarland & Company Until recently, the investigation of Pelasgian language and culture was treated as a special field of Indo-European studies because the majority of scholars were convinced that the pre–Greek population of Greece must have been of Indo-European ethnic stock. Translations pertaining to Pelasgians Czech: cs pelasgický Dutch: nl Pelasgisch German: de pelasgisch Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Πελασγῐκός Latin: la Pelasgus See also en Hellene en Hellas en Pelasgia en Ancient Greece Demonyms