Pelasgi

[ puh-laz-jee ]

plural noun

1. the Pelasgians.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Pelasgi¹

< Latin Pelasgī < Greek Pelasgoí

Example Sentences

The fertility of Larissa tends, as far as it goes, to mark the Pelasgi as a people of cultivators, having settled habits of life.

From Project Gutenberg

From this it would appear that in the days of Homer, though there were many Pelasgi in various places, there was but one Larissa.

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This connection in its turn serves to confirm the character of the Pelasgi as a rural and agricultural people.

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Homer has proceeded, with respect to the Caucones, exactly in the same way as with respect to the Pelasgi.

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Their alphabet contained seventeen letters, and resembled the characters used by the ancient Pelasgi.

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