Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Πυλαία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Πυλαία

Etym.: fem. of pulai=os

Sense

  1. the autumn-meeting of the Amphictyons at Pylae, the Amphictyonic Council
  2. the right of sending deputies to this Council
  3. a promiscuous crowd, idle jesting, trifling

Examples

  • "ὡσ δὲ τοῖσ εὐθαλέσι τῶν δένδρων ἕτερα παραβλαστάνει, καὶ τοῖσ Δελφοῖσ ἡ Πυλαία συνηβᾷ καὶ συναναβόσκεται, διὰ τὰσ ἐντεῦθεν εὐπορίασ σχῆμα λαμβάνουσα καὶ μορφὴν καὶ κόσμον ἱερῶν καὶ συνεδρίων καὶ ὑδάτων οἱο͂ν ἐν χιλίοισ ἔτεσι τοῖσ πρότερον οὐκ ἔλαβεν. (Plutarch, De Pythiae oraculis, section 299)

Synonyms

  1. the autumn-meeting of the Amphictyons at Pylae

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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