Θερμοπύλαι
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From θερμο- (thermo-, “warm, hot”) + πῠ́λη (púlē, “gates”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /tʰer.mo.pý.lai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /tʰer.moˈpy.lɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /θer.moˈpy.lɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /θer.moˈpy.le/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /θer.moˈpi.le/
Proper noun
Θερμοπῠ́λαι • (Thermopúlai) f pl (genitive Θερμοπῠλῶν); first declension
- Thermopylae, Greece
Inflection
| Case / # | Plural | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | αἱ Θερμοπῠ́λαι hai Thermopúlai | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῶν Θερμοπῠλῶν tôn Thermopulôn | ||||||||||||
| Dative | ταῖς Θερμοπῠ́λαις taîs Thermopúlais | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τᾱ̀ς Θερμοπῠ́λᾱς tā̀s Thermopúlās | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Θερμοπῠ́λαι Thermopúlai | ||||||||||||
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Related terms
- Πῠ́λαι (Púlai)
Descendants
- Greek: Θερμοπύλες (Thermopýles, “Thermopylae”)
- → English: Hot Gates (calque)
- → Latin: Thermopylae
- → English: Thermopylae
References
- “θερμοπύλαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023