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Pylae
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Lewis Short
(adjective) : Pylae, ārum, f., = Πύλαι (gates, gateways).
* In gen., a narrow pass, defile: Tauri,between Cappadocia and Cilicia,Cic. Att. 5, 20, 2; called also Amanicae,Curt. 3, 8, 13; 3, 4, 2: Susides,in Persia,id. 5, 3, 17: Caspiae,Mel. 1, 15.
* In partic., the Pass of Thermopyloe, Liv. 32, 4; 36, 15. —Hence
* Pylăĭcus, a, um, , Thermopyloean: concilium,the congress of the Greeks at Thermopyloe,Liv. 31, 32; called also Pylaicus conventus,id. 33, 35.
* In gen., a narrow pass, defile: Tauri,between Cappadocia and Cilicia,Cic. Att. 5, 20, 2; called also Amanicae,Curt. 3, 8, 13; 3, 4, 2: Susides,in Persia,id. 5, 3, 17: Caspiae,Mel. 1, 15.
* In partic., the Pass of Thermopyloe, Liv. 32, 4; 36, 15. —Hence
* Pylăĭcus, a, um, , Thermopyloean: concilium,the congress of the Greeks at Thermopyloe,Liv. 31, 32; called also Pylaicus conventus,id. 33, 35.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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