πυλωρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πύλη (púlē, “door, gate”) + οὖρος (oûros, “guard”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

πυλωρός • (pulōrós) m (genitive πυλωροῦ); second declension

  1. gatekeeper, warder, porter, guardian
  2. (anatomy) pylorus, the lower orifice of the stomach

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πυλωρός; τοῦ πυλωροῦ (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ πυλωρός
ho pulōrós 		τὼ πυλωρώ
tṑ pulōrṓ 		οἱ πυλωροί
hoi pulōroí
Genitive τοῦ πυλωροῦ
toû pulōroû 		τοῖν πυλωροῖν
toîn pulōroîn 		τῶν πυλωρῶν
tôn pulōrôn
Dative τῷ πυλωρῷ
tōî pulōrōî 		τοῖν πυλωροῖν
toîn pulōroîn 		τοῖς πυλωροῖς
toîs pulōroîs
Accusative τὸν πυλωρόν
tòn pulōrón 		τὼ πυλωρώ
tṑ pulōrṓ 		τοὺς πυλωρούς
toùs pulōroús
Vocative πυλωρέ
pulōré 		πυλωρώ
pulōrṓ 		πυλωροί
pulōroí
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

  • πυλωρέω (pulōréō)
  • πυλωρικός (pulōrikós)
  • πυλώριον (pulṓrion)

Descendants

  • Latin: pylorus

References

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