πελώριος

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πέλωρ (pélōr, “supernatural monster”), of unknown origin. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *kʷer-ōr modified by dissimilation, given variant forms such as τέλωρ (télōr) and τελώριος (telṓrios) which point to an original initial *kʷ, though this derivation is problematic.[1]

Adjective

πελώριος • (pelórios) m (feminine πελώρια, neuter πελώριο)

  1. huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, humongous
    Ο ψαράς έπιασε ένα πελώριο ψάρι. ― O psarás épiase éna pelório psári. ― The fisherman caught a huge fish.

Declension
declension of πελώριος
number 
case / gender 		 singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative πελώριος πελώρια πελώριο πελώριοι πελώριες πελώρια
genitive πελώριου πελώριας πελώριου πελώριων πελώριων πελώριων
accusative πελώριο πελώρια πελώριο πελώριους πελώριες πελώρια
vocative πελώριε πελώρια πελώριο πελώριοι πελώριες πελώρια
derivations comparative: πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. πιο πελώριος, etc.)
relative superlative: definite article + πιο (pio) + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο πελώριος (o pio pelórios), etc.)

Synonyms
  • τεράστιος (terástios, “massive”)
  • υπερμεγέθης (ypermegéthis, “oversized”)
  • κολοσσιαίος (kolossiaíos, “colossal”)
  • γιγάντιος (gigántios, “gigantic”)

References
  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “πέλωρ”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 1169–1170
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