Pelasgian

American  

[puh-laz-jee-uhn, -juhn, -gee-uhn] / pəˈlæz dʒi ən, -dʒən, -gi ən /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Pelasgians.

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noun

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

Pelasgian British  

/ pɛˈlæzdʒɪən /

noun

1. 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

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adjective

1. of or relating to these peoples

Etymology

Origin of Pelasgian

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

Example Sentences

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Pelasgian

Even rude low-born Pelasgian deities may have been adopted into the highest circles, and fitted out with a divine pedigree in perfect order.

From Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Andrew Lang

Thirlwall seems to think they were a Pelasgian, rather than an Hellenic people.

From Ancient States and Empires by John Lord

Nor is the Pelasgian part of the theory easy to reconcile with the Homeric evidence.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

Then verily to know the thing and reach it deep we burned, So little in Pelasgian guile and evil were we learned.

From The Æneids of Virgil Done into English Verse by William Morris

The population, however, of Pelasgicon Argos and of Dodona is no longer Pelasgian.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various