πυλών
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πύλη (púlē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.lɔ̌ːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /pyˈlon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /pyˈlon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /pyˈlon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /piˈlon/
Noun
πῠλών • (pŭlṓn) m (genitive πῠλῶνος); third declension
- a gateway
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ πῠλών ho pŭlṓn |
τὼ πῠλῶνε tṑ pŭlône |
οἱ πῠλῶνες hoi pŭlônes | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ πῠλῶνος toû pŭlônos |
τοῖν πῠλώνοιν toîn pŭlṓnoin |
τῶν πῠλώνων tôn pŭlṓnōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ πῠλῶνῐ tōî pŭlônĭ |
τοῖν πῠλώνοιν toîn pŭlṓnoin |
τοῖς πῠλῶσῐ / πῠλῶσῐν toîs pŭlôsĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν πῠλῶνᾰ tòn pŭlônă |
τὼ πῠλῶνε tṑ pŭlône |
τοὺς πῠλῶνᾰς toùs pŭlônăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | πῠλών pŭlṓn |
πῠλῶνε pŭlône |
πῠλῶνες pŭlônes | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- → Bulgarian: пилон (pilon) (learned)
- → English: pylon (learned)
- → French: pylône (learned)
- → Romanian: pilon
- → Russian: пилон (pilon) (learned)
- ⇒ Greek: πυλώνας (pylónas)
Further reading
- “πυλών”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “πυλών”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- πυλών in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Greek
Noun
πυλών • (pylón) f
- genitive plural of πύλη (pýli)