Θερμοπύλαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θερμο- (thermo-, “warm, hot”) +‎ πῠ́λη (púlē, “gates”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰer.mo.pý.lai̯/ → /θer.moˈpy.lɛ/ → /θer.moˈpi.le/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰer.mo.pý.lai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰer.moˈpy.lɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θer.moˈpy.lɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θer.moˈpy.le/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θer.moˈpi.le/

Proper noun

Θερμοπῠ́λαι • (Thermopúlai) f pl (genitive Θερμοπῠλῶν); first declension

1. Thermopylae, Greece

Inflection

First declension of αἱ Θερμοπῠ́λαι; τῶν Θερμοπῠλῶν (Attic)

Case / #	Plural
Nominative	αἱ Θερμοπῠ́λαι hai Thermopúlai
Genitive	τῶν Θερμοπῠλῶν tôn Thermopulôn
Dative	ταῖς Θερμοπῠ́λαις taîs Thermopúlais
Accusative	τᾱ̀ς Θερμοπῠ́λᾱς tā̀s Thermopúlās
Vocative	Θερμοπῠ́λαι Thermopúlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023