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Leleges

Leleges · m

a Pelasgic tribe who lived scattered over several parts of Asia Minor and Greece

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Where it lives

Argonautica 1 · 0.27/10k
Pharsalia 1 · 0.2/10k
Naturalis Historia 2 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

Lĕlĕges — Lewis & Short

Lĕlĕges, um, m., = *le/leges,

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.

In the wild

Leleges Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 4.7.p2
Lelegum Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica 3.204
Lelegum Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 5.30.p3
Lelegum Lucan, Pharsalia 6.383

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