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προπύλαιος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: προπύλαιος προπύλαιᾱ προπύλαιον

Structure: προπυλαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/lh

Sense

  1. before the gate
  2. the gateway

Examples

  • ταῦτα δὴ καὶ ὁ Ἀπόλλων συνειδὼσ τοῖσ μὲν ἄλλοισ αὐτόσ ἐστι προπύλαιοσ, αὑτοῦ δὲ τὴν Ἀθηνᾶν πεποίηται. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:1)
  • ὁ δὲ δὴ πρὸ θυρῶν κόσμοσ ἀντὶ Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἀγυιέωσ προπύλαιοσ τῇ πόλει, Μέλησ ὁ ἐπώνυμοσ διωρυχὴν Νυμφῶν ἐκ πηγῶν εἰσ θάλατταν, αὐταῖσ τ’ εἶναι λουτρὸν ῥυτὸν καὶ Νηρηίδασ παρὰ Νηρέωσ δέξασθαι δι’ ὀλίγου. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:1)

Synonyms

  1. before the gate

Related

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

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