Pentelic

adjective

Pen·​tel·​ic

(ˈ)pen‧¦telik

: of or from Mount Pentelicus, Greece

Pentelic marble

Word History

Etymology

Latin pentelicus, from Greek pentelikos, from Pentelē, area near Athens, Greece + -ikos -ic

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