πελώρ-ιος(alsoτελώριος(q. v.)),ον, fem. (not in Hom. ) -ιος
Hes. Th. 179 , -ίη
A.R. 4.1682 :
A.
= πέλωρος , freq. in Hom. , mostly of gods,Ἀί̈δης, Ἄρης, Il. 5.395 , 7.208 ; or heroes, asΑἴας, Ἕκτωρ, Ἀχιλεύς, 3.229 , 11.820 , 21.527 ; Ὠρίων
Od. 11.572
;ἀνὴρ π., of Polyphemus, 9.187 , cf. Il. 3.166 , Pi. O. 7.15 ; also of things,ἔγχος, τεύχεα, Il. 8.424 , 10.439 ; λᾶας
Od. 11.594
; κύματα
3.290
; ἅρπη
Hes. Th. 179
; κλέος
Pi. O. 10(11).21
: rare in Trag. (only lyr.),γᾶς π. τέρας, of a dragon, E. IT 1248 (lyr.) ;τὰ πρὶν π.the mighty things, ormighty ones, of old, A. Pr. 151 (lyr.) ; used by Com. in mockheroicstyle, Ar. Av. 321 ; in exaggerated language, Arist. Rh. 1408b13 : in later Prose, Ath. 3.84e .