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Πύλος

Πύλος

Ancient Greek

Proper noun

Πύλος (Púlos) f (genitive Πύλου); second declension

  1. Pylos, Messenia, Greece

Πύλος (Púlos) m (genitive Πύλου); second declension

  1. Pylus, a figure in Greek mythology

Inflection

The personal name does not take a definite article and is masculine.

Derived terms

  • Πύλιος (Púlios)

Descendants

  • English: Pylos (place); Pylus (person)
  • Greek: Πύλος (Pýlos)
  • Latin: Pylus

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