noun

Lĕlĕges

gen. Lĕlĕgum · gender masculine

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

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.—

hence

adj., of; belonging to the Leleges, Lelegeian •

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.—

adj., Lelegeian, Asiatic; Subst., an early name of Miletus, because formerly inhabited by the Leleges •

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.

Perseus ID: n26194 Key: Leleges