πυλωρός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /py.lɔː.rós/ → /py.loˈros/ → /pi.loˈros/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /py.lɔː.rós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /py.loˈros/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /py.loˈros/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /py.loˈros/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pi.loˈros/

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

• “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