πέλᾰγ-ος, εος, τό,
genitive plural πελαγέων [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.85, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 702 (Lyric poetry), πελαγῶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect dative πελάγεσσι (see. below):—the sea, especially high sea, open sea, π. μέγα [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.16, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.179, etc.; ἐν πελάγεϊ ἀναπεπταμένῳ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.60 ] Refs 8th c.BC+].; διὰ πελάγους out at sea, opposed to παρὰ γῆν, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.13 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: frequently coupled with other words denoting sea, ἁλὸς ἐν πελάγεσσιν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.335; π. θαλάσσης 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 2.608 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; π. πόντιον, πόντου π., [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.56, “fragment” 235 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅλιον π. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 938 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of parts of the sea (θάλασσα), frequently with geographical epithet, Αἰγαῖον π. [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 659, etc., compare 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.85 (π. Αἰγαίας ἁλός 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 88, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 379); Ἰκαρίων ὑπὲρ πελαγέων 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 702 (Lyric poetry), compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Icar.” 3; ἐκ μεγάλων πελαγῶν τοῦ τε Τυρσηνικοῦ καὶ τοῦ Σικελικοῦ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.24. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 flooded plain, γίνεται π. [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.97, compare 3.117. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]