Πύλαι

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

From πῠ́λη (púlē).

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

Πῠ́λαι • (Púlai) f pl (genitive Πῠλῶν); first declension

  1. Pylae

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Πῠ́λαι; τῶν Πῠλῶν (Attic)
Case / # Plural
Nominative αἱ Πῠ́λαι
hai Púlai
Genitive τῶν Πῠλῶν
tôn Pulôn
Dative ταῖς Πῠ́λαις
taîs Púlais
Accusative τᾱ̀ς Πῠ́λᾱς
tā̀s Púlās
Vocative Πῠ́λαι
Púlai
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: Πύλες (Pýles)
  • Latin: Pylae

References

  • “Πύλαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Πύλαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
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