πυλωρός
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From πύλη (púlē, “door, gate”) + οὖρος (oûros, “guard”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /py.lɔː.rós/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /py.loˈros/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /py.loˈros/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /py.loˈros/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /pi.loˈros/
Noun
πυλωρός • (pulōrós) m (genitive πυλωροῦ); second declension
- gatekeeper, warder, porter, guardian
- (anatomy) pylorus, the lower orifice of the stomach
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ πυλωρός; τοῦ πυλωροῦ (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 tôi pulōrôi | 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 | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- πυλωρέω (pulōréō)
- πυλωρικός (pulōrikós)
- πυλώριον (pulṓrion)
Descendants
- Latin: pylorus
References
- πυλωρός in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- πυλωρός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette