Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

δίπυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: δίπυλος δίπυλον

Structure: διπυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/lh

Sense

  1. double-gated, with two entrances

Declension

First/Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἔστι δὲ οὐ πολὺ ἀπὸ τοῦ Διπύλου, ἐν ἀριστερᾷ εἰσ Ἀκαδημίαν ἀπιόντων, οὐ μέγα τὸ χῶμα καὶ ἡ στήλη χαμαί· (Lucian, Scytha 4:5)
  • Σύ, ὦ Ἀδείμαντε, εἶτα μετὰ σὲ οὑτοσὶ Σάμιπποσ, εἶτα Τιμόλαοσ, ἐγὼ δὲ ὀλίγον ὅσον ἡμιστάδιον τὸ πρὸ τοῦ Διπύλου ἐπιλήψομαι τῇ εὐχῇ, καὶ τοῦτο ὡσ οἱο͂́ν τε παραδραμών. (Lucian, 31:6)
  • ἡ δὲ ἄχρι τοῦ Διπύλου ἀκολουθήσασα, ἐπεὶ μηδ̓ ὅλωσ ἐπεστράφη, ἐπανῆκεν οὐδὲν σαφὲσ ἀπαγγεῖλαι ἔχουσα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 2:7)
  • ἄνευ γὰρ τῶν κατὰ τὴν ἄλλην πόλιν ἀναιρεθέντων ὁ περὶ τὴν ἀγορὰν φόνοσ ἐπέσχε πάντα τὸν ἐντὸσ τοῦ Διπύλου Κεραμεικόν πολλοῖσ δὲ λέγεται καὶ διὰ πυλῶν κατακλύσαι τὸ προάστειον. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 14 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. double-gated

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION