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πέλωρος

πέλωρος, monstrous, prodigious, huge, gigantic

πέλωρ-ος, η, ον, also ος, ον Od. 15.161 (the only example of the fem. in Hom.):—
  • monstrous, prodigious, huge, with collat. notion of terrible, in Hom. much rarer than the form πελώριος, but in Hes. the more common; δράκοντα φέρων ὀνύχεσσι πέλωρον Il. 12.202; χῆνα φ. ὀ. π. Od. l.c.; π. ὄφιν, δεινόν τε μέγαν τε. Hes. Th. 299; Γαῖα πελώρη ib. 159, 173, Q.S. 2.225; θάμβος Maiist. 55; ὡς φοβερός, ὡς π. Ezek. Exag. 125: neut. pl. as Adv., πέλωρα βιβᾷ with gigantic tread, h.Merc. 225, cf. 349: Sup. πελώριστος Theoc. Ep. 18.5 (fort. πεδωρισταί = Μεθορισταί (Dor. ὦρος = ὅρος), i.e. μέτοικοι).

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