Πύλος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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Compare Mycenaean Greek 𐀢𐀫 (pu-ro)

Pronunciation
 

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

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,023
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