Pylus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Πύλος (Púlos).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Pylus m sg (genitive Pylī); second declension

  1. The name of three cities of Peloponnesus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Pylus
genitive Pylī
dative Pylō
accusative Pylum
ablative Pylō
vocative Pyle
locative Pylī
  • Pylius
  • Pyliī

References

  • Pylus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pylus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Pylos in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.