Pelasgia

Pĕlasgi, ōrum, m., = Pelasgoi, the oldest inhabitants of Greece, who were spread likewise over a part of Asia Minor, and over Crete, Latium, and Etruria, Serv. Verg. A. 2, 83; 8, 600; Mel. 1, 16; 19; 2, 2; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50.—

II.

Transf., poet., Greeks:

quem... Pelasgi... Demisere neci,

Verg. A. 2, 83; Ov. M. 12, 19; 13, 13; 14, 562; id. F. 2, 281 al.—Hence,

A.

Pĕ-lasgĭa, ae, f., and Pĕlasgis, ĭdis, f.

1.

An old name of the Peloponnesus, Plin. 4, 4, 5, § 9.—

2.

A district of Thessaly, Plin. 4, 7, 14, § 28.—

3.

The isle of Lesbos, Plin. 5, 31, 39, § 139.—

B.

Pĕlasgĭas, ădis, adj. f., Pelasgian, poet. for Grecian:

Pelasgiades urbes,

Ov. H. 9, 3.—

C.

Pĕlasgis, ĭdis, adj. f., Pelasgian, poet. for Grecian, Lesbian:

P. Sappho,

Ov. H. 15, 217.—

D.

Pĕlasgus, a, um, adj., Pelasgian, for Grecian: cum veter occubuit Priamus sub Marte Pelasgo, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 607 P (Ann. v. 17 Vahl.):

pubes Pelasga,

Verg. A. 9, 154:

ars,

id. ib. 2, 152:

quercus,

Dodonean, Ov. A. A. 2, 541:

laurus,

Plin. 15, 30, 39, § 132.