πύλη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Of uncertain origin. Probably a Pre-Greek loan, like many other architectural terms.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pý.lɛː/ → /ˈpy.li/ → /ˈpi.li/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pý.lɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.le̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.li/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈpy.li/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈpi.li/

Noun

πῠ́λη • (púlē) f (genitive πῠ́λης); first declension

1. A wing of gates.
2. A gate, door.

   Synonym: θύρα (thúra)

3. An entrance, orifice.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ πῠ́λη; τῆς πῠ́λης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ πῠ́λη hē púlē	τὼ πῠ́λᾱ tṑ púlā	αἱ πῠ́λαι hai púlai
Genitive	τῆς πῠ́λης tês púlēs	τοῖν πῠ́λαιν toîn púlain	τῶν πῠλῶν tôn pulôn
Dative	τῇ πῠ́λῃ têi púlēi	τοῖν πῠ́λαιν toîn púlain	ταῖς πῠ́λαις taîs púlais
Accusative	τὴν πῠ́λην tḕn púlēn	τὼ πῠ́λᾱ tṑ púlā	τᾱ̀ς πῠ́λᾱς tā̀s púlās
Vocative	πῠ́λη púlē	πῠ́λᾱ púlā	πῠ́λαι púlai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

First declension of πῠ́λη; πῠ́λης (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	πῠ́λη púlē	πῠ́λᾱ púlā	πῠ́λαι púlai
Genitive	πῠ́λης púlēs	πῠ́λαιν / πῠ́λαιῐν / πῠ́λῃῐν púlai(i)n / púlēiin	πῠλᾱ́ων / πῠλέ͜ων / πῠλῶν pulā́ōn / pulé͜ōn / pulôn
Dative	πῠ́λῃ púlēi	πῠ́λαιν / πῠ́λαιῐν / πῠ́λῃῐν púlai(i)n / púlēiin	πῠ́λῃσῐ / πῠ́λῃσῐν / πῠ́λῃς / πῠ́λαις púlēisi(n) / púlēis / púlais
Accusative	πῠ́λην púlēn	πῠ́λᾱ púlā	πῠ́λᾱς púlās
Vocative	πῠ́λη púlē	πῠ́λᾱ púlā	πῠ́λαι púlai
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

Derived terms

• Εὐρύπυλος (Eurúpulos)
• Ἡγησιπύλη (Hēgēsipúlē)
• Θερμοπῠ́λαι (Thermopúlai)
• Πῠ́λαι (Púlai)
• πῠλών (pulṓn)
• Τηλέπυλος (Tēlépulos)

 

Descendants

• Greek: πύλη (pýli)
• → Coptic: ⲡⲩⲗⲏ (pulē)
• → Latin: pylae

Further reading

• “πύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “πύλη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “πύλη”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• πύλη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• πύλη in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• G4439 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • door idem, page 247.
  • gate idem, page 354.
  • orifice idem, page 579.
• “πύλη”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πύλη (púlē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.li/

Noun

πύλη • (pýli) f (plural πύλες)

1. gate, portal
2. (computing) portal

Declension

Declension of πύλη

	singular	plural
nominative	πύλη •	πύλες •
genitive	πύλης •	πυλών •
accusative	πύλη •	πύλες •
vocative	πύλη •	πύλες •

Synonyms

• θύρα f (thýra)
• εξώπορτα f (exóporta)

Further reading

• πύλη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language