Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἑπτάπυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἑπτάπυλος ἑπτάπυλον

Structure: ἑπταπυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/lh

Sense

  1. with seven gates, Boeotian

Examples

  • Ἰσμήν’ ὦ στεφαναφόρει, ξεσταί θ’ ἑπταπύλου πόλεωσ ἀναχορεύσατ’ ἀγυιαί, Δίρκα θ’ ἁ καλλιρρέεθροσ, σύν τ’ Ἀσωπιάδεσ κόραι, πατρὸσ ὕδωρ βᾶτε λιποῦσαι συναοιδοί, Νύμφαι, τὸν Ἡρακλέουσ καλλίνικον ἀγῶνα. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, strophe 31)

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

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