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|Definition=[ῠ], ἡ, prop.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[one wing of a pair of double gates]], ὀλίγον τι παρακλίναντες τὴν ἑτέρην πύλην Hdt.3.156: mostly in plural, [[gates of a town]] (whereas [[θύρα]] = [[house]]-[[door]]), Σκαιαὶ πύλαι Il.3.145, etc.; π. εὖ ἀραρυίας 7.339; πύκα στιβαρῶς [[ἀραρώς|ἀραρυίας]] 12.454; πεπταμένας ἐν χερσὶ π. ἔχετε 21.531; <b class="b3">ἄνεσάν τε π. καὶ ἀπῶσαν ὀχῆας</b> ib.537; π. ἀνοῖξαι A.''Ag.''604; π. κλῇσαι [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 560c (the Art. is freq. omitted even in Prose): pl. of several [[gate]]s, A.''Th.''125; [[ἐν πύλαις]] = [[in the gates]] or [[at the gates]], ib.160,213 (both lyr.), al.; <b class="b3">πρὸς πύλαις</b> ib.377,457; ἐπὶ ταῖς πύλαισιν, οὗ τὸ [[τάριχος]] ὤνιον [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''1247.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in Trag. sometimes of the [[house]]-[[door]], δωμάτων πύλαι A.''Ch.''732, cf. 561; <b class="b3">γυναικείους πύλας</b> [[gate]] or [[door]] [[lead]]ing to the [[women]]'s [[apartment]]s, ib.878; πύλαις διπλαῖς ἐνήλατο S.''OT''1261; ἐκτὸς αὐλείων πυλῶν Id.''Ant.''18: also in sg., ib.1186, ''El.''818; of the [[door]] of a [[tent]], Id.''Aj.''11; πύλης ἄναξ θυρωρέ Id.''Fr.''775.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">πύλαι Ἀΐδαο</b> the [[gates of the nether world]], [[periphrasis]] for [[hell]], Il.5.646,9.312, Od.14.156; Ἅιδου πύλαι A.''Ag.''1291, cf. ''Ev.Matt.''16.18, etc.; also [[σκότου]] πύλαι E.''Hec.''1; νερτέρων π. Id.''Hipp.''1447.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[custom-house]], PTeb.5.34 (ii B.C.); <b class="b3">τετελώνηται διὰ πύλης</b> has paid the [[customs]], ''BGU''1592(iii A.D.), etc.; τὸ σύμβολον τῆς ἱερᾶς Συηνιτικῆς πύλης ''PStrassb.''79.10 (i B.C.); μισθωταὶ ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης ''Ostr.''106(ii A.D.), al., cf. ''Ostr.Bodl.''v ''C'' 1 (ii A.D.),<br><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[entrance]], [[orifice]], ἀμφὶ πύλας ἰσθμοῖο Emp.100.19; ἀναπεπταμένας ἔχω τῶν ὤτων τὰς π. Ath.4.169a; πύλας τοῖς ὠσὶν ἐπίθεσθε [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Symposium|Smp.]]'' 218b; <b class="b3">ἡλίου πύλαι</b>, Pythag. name for the [[eye]]s, D.L.8.29; [[portal fissure]] of the [[liver]], πύλαι καὶ δοχαὶ χολῆς E.''El.''828, cf. Hp.''Epid.'' 2.4.1, ''Anat.''1, Pl.''Ti.''71c, Arist.''HA''496b32, Gal.15.145; [[portal vein]] of the [[liver]], Ruf.''Onom.''179, Gal.2.785,5.542.<br><span class="bld">b</span> pl., of the [[carcer|carceres]] in the [[circus]], Aristid.1.124J.<br><span class="bld">c</span> metaph., πύλας ὕμνων ἀναπιτνάμεν Pi.''O.''6.27; ἐπέων π. B.''Fr.''4; ἐν πύλαις γήρως D.C.57.24, cf. 76.7.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[entrance into a country through mountains]], [[pass]], Hdt.5.52: hence, [[Πύλαι]], αἱ, the common name for [[Θερμοπύλαι]], the [[gate|Gates]] of [[Greece]], Id.7.201, etc.: of other [[pass]]es, πύλαι τῆς Κιλικίας καὶ τῆς Συρίας X.''An.''1.4.4; <b class="b3">αἱ Σύριαι πύλαι</b> ib.5; <b class="b3">αἱ Κάσπιαι πύλαι</b> Str.11.12.1; πύλαι Λύδιαι Id.13.1.65; [[Ἀμανίδες πύλαι]] = [[gates of Amanus]] Id.14.5.18, 16.2.8 (αἱ Ἀμανικαὶ καλούμεναι Arr.''An.''2.7.1): these [[pass]]es were sometimes really [[bar]]red by [[gate]]s, Hdt.7.176, cf. 3.117, 5.52, X. [[l.c.]]: the [[Isthmus]] is called <b class="b3">πόντοιο πύλαι</b>, Pi.''N.''10.27; [[Κορίνθου πύλαι]] Id.''O.''9.86; [[αἱ πύλαι τῆς Πελοποννήσου]] X.''Ages.''2.17; <b class="b3">Πέλοπος νάσου θεόδματοι πύλαι</b> B.p.437 J.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of [[narrow straits]], by which one enters a [[broad]] [[sea]], [[πύλαι Γαδειρίδες]] the [[Straits of Gibraltar]], Pi.''Fr.''256; <b class="b3">ἐπ' αὐταῖς στενοπόροις λίμνης πύλαις</b>, of the [[Thracian]] [[Bosporus]], A.''Pr.''729; [[ἐν πύλαις]], of the [[Euripus]], E.''IA''803.