Lĕlĕges, um, m., = Λέλεγες,
I a Pelasgic tribe who lived scattered over several parts of Asia Minor and Greece (in Caria, lonia, Mysia, Thessaly, Locris, Megara), Plin. 4, 7, 12, § 27; 5, 30, 33, § 127; Verg. A. 8, 725; Ov. M. 9, 645; Luc. 6, 383.—In sing.: hac Ixionides, illa Troezenius heros parte Lelex, the Lelegeian , as a proper name, Ov. M. 8, 566.—
II Hence,
A Lĕ-lĕgēïus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Leleges, Lelegeian : litora, i. e. the coast of Megara , Ov. M. 8, 8: moenia, i. e. Megara , id. ib. 7, 443.—
B Lĕlĕgēis , ĭdis, adj., Lelegeian, Asiatic : nymphae Lelegeides, Ov. M. 9, 651.— Subst., an early name of Miletus, because formerly inhabited by the Leleges , Plin. 5, 29, 31, § 112.