Πύλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀢𐀫 (pu-ro)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.los/ → /ˈpy.los/ → /ˈpi.los/

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

Proper noun

Πῠ́λος • (Púlos) f (genitive Πῠ́λου); second declension

1. Pylos, Messenia, Greece

Inflection

Second declension of ἡ Πῠ́λος; τῆς Πῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Πῠ́λος hē Púlos
Genitive	τῆς Πῠ́λου tês Púlou
Dative	τῇ Πῠ́λῳ têi Púlōi
Accusative	τὴν Πῠ́λον tḕn Púlon
Vocative	Πῠ́λε Púle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Πῠ́λῐος (Púlios)
• Πύλονδε (Púlonde)

Proper noun

Πῠ́λος • (Púlos) m (genitive Πῠ́λου); second declension

1. Pylus, a figure in Greek mythology

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Πῠ́λος; τοῦ Πῠ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Πῠ́λος ho Púlos
Genitive	τοῦ Πῠ́λου toû Púlou
Dative	τῷ Πῠ́λῳ tôi Púlōi
Accusative	τὸν Πῠ́λον tòn Púlon
Vocative	Πῠ́λε Púle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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