Definition of Pentelic
:of or from Mount Pentelicus, Greece
- Pentelic marble
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Pentelic
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Pen·tel·ic
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(ˈ)pen‧¦telik
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Origin and Etymology of pentelic
Latin pentelicus, from Greek pentelikos, from Pentelē, area near Athens, Greece + -ikos -ic
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