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πυλωρός

πυλωρός, a gate-keeper, warder, porter

πῠλωρ-ός, ὁ,
  • gate-keeper, warder, porter, A. Th. 621; π. πύργων, ναῶν, E. Tr. 956, IT 1227 (troch.); Ἅιδου κύων Id. HF 1277: as fem., ἡ π. δωμάτων γυνή Id. IT 1153: in Prose, Aen.Tact. 28.2, al., LXX Ne. 7.1, al., Ph. 2.216; of the guards of the Propylaea at Athens, IG 2(2).2297: metaph., τοῖον πυλωρὸν φύλακα . . τροφῆς such a watchful guardian of thy life, S. Aj. 562; κακοὺς π. ὑμᾶς, ὦ Κορίνθιοι, ἡ Πελοπόννησος ἔχει Prov. ap. Plu. Apophth. Lac. 2.221f.
    • II Medic., pylorus or lower orifice of the stomach, οἷον π. τις Gal. UP 4.7, cf. Nat.Fac. 3.4, Cels. 4.1.7, Ruf. Onom. 169, Id. ap. Orib. 7.26.34.
      • 2 π., ἡ, os uteri, Ps.-Democr. ap. Hp. Ep. 23. (Cf. πυλαωρός.)

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