Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

χαλκόπυλος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: χαλκόπυλος χαλκόπυλον

Structure: χαλκοπυλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pu/lh

Sense

  1. with gates of bronze

Examples

  • ἐν δὲ φάρσεϊ ἑκατέρῳ τῆσ πόλιοσ ἐτετείχιστο ἐν μέσῳ ἐν τῷ μὲν τὰ βασιλήια περιβόλῳ μεγάλῳ τε καὶ ἰσχυρῷ, ἐν δὲ τῷ ἑτέρῳ Διὸσ Βήλου ἱρὸν χαλκόπυλον, καὶ ἐσ ἐμὲ ἔτι τοῦτο ἐόν, δύο σταδίων πάντῃ, ἐὸν τετράγωνον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 1, chapter 181 3:1)

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

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