Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

πυλαῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: πυλαῖος πυλαῖη πυλαῖον

Structure: πυλαι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Pu/lai

Sense

  1. at Pylae

Examples

  • Λέσβιοι δ’ ὑπὸ Πυλαίῳ τετάχθαι λέγουσι σφᾶσ τῷ ὑπὸ τοῦ ποιητοῦ λεγομένῳ τῶν Πελασγῶν ἄρχοντι, ἀφ’ οὗ καὶ τὸ παρ’ αὐτοῖσ ὄροσ ἔτι Πύλαιον καλεῖσθαι. (Strabo, Geography, Book 13, chapter 3 6:6)

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

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