Pelasgi

American  

[puh-laz-jee] / pəˈlæz dʒi /

plural noun

1. the Pelasgians.

---

Etymology

Origin of Pelasgi

< Latin Pelasgī < Greek Pelasgoí

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

Pelasgi

Samothrace settled by ancient Pelasgi, Asiatic Colonists, 426-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

It was said to have been settled by the ancient Pelasgi, early Asiatic colonists in Greece.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

The temple was founded by the Pelasgi long before the siege of Troy; it was partially destroyed by the Ætolians during the Social War, and it would seem that it never recovered from this disaster.

From The Student's Mythology A Compendium of Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Assyrian, Persian, Hindoo, Chinese, Thibetian, Scandinavian, Celtic, Aztec, and Peruvian Mythologies by White, Catherine Ann

The Pelasgi connected it with Mercury; and it appears on the monuments of Mithras; always and everywhere a symbol of the life-giving power of the Sun at the Vernal Equinox.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Pelasgic, pē-las′jik, adj. pertaining to the Pelasgians or Pelasgi, a race spread over Greece in prehistoric times, to whom are ascribed many enormous remains built of unhewn stones, without cement—the so-called Pelasgic architecture.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various