Pĕlasgi, ōrum, m., = Πελασγοί,
I 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.