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,
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.—
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.
