Πέλλαν (Pellan)

Πέλλαν is an Ancient Greek form of Πέλλα, meaning “Pella — the capital of Macedonia. At the time when Xerxes passed through Macedon, Pella, which…”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of Πέλλη, “Pelle — the capital of Macedonia. At the time when Xerxes passed through Macedon, Pella, which…”.

It can also be a form of πέλλα, “wooden bowl, milk-pail; drinking-cup”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of πέλλος, “dark-coloured, dusky; pullus”.

Found 27 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Theocritus, Εἰδύλλια 5.99: τὰν οἶν τὰν πέλλαν, Κρατίδᾳ δωρήσομαι αὐτός.

Plutarch, Aemilius Paulus 23.1: Περσεὺς δὲ φυγῇ μέν ἐκ Πύδνης εἰς Πέλλαν ἀπεχώρει, τῶν ἱππέων ἐπιεικῶς πάντων ἀπὸ τῆς μάχης διασεσῳσμένων.

All forms of Πέλλα (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.