Πύλαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πῠ́λη (púlē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.lai̯/ → /ˈpy.lɛ/ → /ˈpi.le/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.lai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.lɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.lɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.le/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.le/

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:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Θερμοπῠ́λαι (Thermopúlai)

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