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English
Noun
pylae
- plural of pyla
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πύλη (púlē).
Pronunciation
Noun
pylae f pl (genitive pylārum); first declension (plural only)
- A narrow pass, a defile
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
References
- “pylae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- pylae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “pylae”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “pylae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “pylae”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly