pelasgico

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Pelasgicus, from Ancient Greek Πελασγικός (Pelasgikós), derived from Πελασγίᾱ (Pelasgíā).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /peˈlaz.d͡ʒi.ko/
  • Rhymes: -azdʒiko
  • Hyphenation: pe‧là‧sgi‧co

Adjective

pelasgico (feminine pelasgica, masculine plural pelasgici, feminine plural pelasgiche)

  1. Pelasgic
    • 1959, Indro Montanelli, “Capitolo quattordicesimo: Solone”, in Storia dei Greci [History of the Greeks], 39th edition, Milan, published 1973, page 123:
      Sicché l'unica sua attrattiva erano i porti naturali, che si prestavano al commercio. Ne nacquero in ogni insenatura su iniziativa di quella popolazione pelasgica […] con cui si mescolarono […] gli achei jonici in fuga dal Peloponneso
      Thus its [Attica's] only attraction were the natural harbors, fit for trading. They were born in every inlet, on the initiative of that Pelasgic population wherewith the Ionic Achaeans escaping the Peloponnese mixed

Further reading
  • pelasgico in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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