Πύλος
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
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Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀢𐀫 (pu-ro)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pý.los/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpy.los/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.los/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈpy.los/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈpi.los/
Proper noun
Πῠ́λος • (Pŭ́los) f (genitive Πῠ́λου); second declension
- Pylos, Messenia, Greece
Inflection
Derived terms
Proper noun
Πῠ́λος • (Pŭ́los) m (genitive Πῠ́λου); second declension
- Pylus, a figure in Greek mythology
Inflection
Descendants
References
- “Πύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Πύλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “Πύλος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- “Πύλος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023