πέλλα

See also: Πέλλα

Ancient Greek

Etymology 1

The comparison with Latin pēlvis (“bowl, dish”) or Sanskrit पालवी (pālavī, “a kind of vessel”), पारी (pārī, “milk pail”) is unconvincing, and does not lead to an Indo-European reconstruction. Furnée suggests a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πέλλᾰ • (pélla) f (genitive πέλλης); first declension

  1. wooden bowl, milk pail
  2. kind of drinking-cup
Inflection
First declension of ἡ πέλλᾰ; τῆς πέλλης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ πέλλᾰ
hē pélla		 τὼ πέλλᾱ
tṑ péllā		 αἱ πέλλαι
hai péllai
Genitive τῆς πέλλης
tês péllēs		 τοῖν πέλλαιν
toîn péllain		 τῶν πελλῶν
tôn pellôn
Dative τῇ πέλλῃ
têi péllēi		 τοῖν πέλλαιν
toîn péllain		 ταῖς πέλλαις
taîs péllais
Accusative τὴν πέλλᾰν
tḕn péllan		 τὼ πέλλᾱ
tṑ péllā		 τᾱ̀ς πέλλᾱς
tā̀s péllās
Vocative πέλλᾰ
pélla		 πέλλᾱ
péllā		 πέλλαι
péllai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
Derived terms
  • πελλαντῆρα (pellantêra)
  • πελλητήρ (pellētḗr)
  • πελλίς (pellís)
  • πελλίχνη (pellíkhnē)

Etymology 2

Assuming a Pre-Greek form *πελσᾱ (*pelsā), it has been connected with Proto-Germanic *falisaz (“rock, cliff”), Old Irish ail (“crag”) and Sanskrit पाषाण (pāṣāṇa, “rock, stone”). However, the variation *pelso-/*peliso- does not seem Indo-European. The noun could be identical to the Macedonian town Πέλλα (Pélla). Furnée further compares φελλεύς (phelleús, “stony ground”), which points to a Pre-Greek origin.

Pronunciation
 

Noun

πέλλα • (pélla)

  1. Hesychius gives the definition as: λίθος (líthos, “stone”).

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