COMPOUND: πυλάρτης, ου (also Πυλάρτης)
CATEGORIZATION: A/N [N+V+Suf]
MEANING: ‘gate-fastener, he that keeps the gates of hell’, epith. of the god who held this office; also ‘Pylartes’, as proper name
ETYMOLOGY: πύλη, ἡ, ‘one wing of a pair of double gates‘ + verbal root ἀρ- (ἀραρίσκω) ‘join together, fasten‘ + suf. -της
OCCURRENCE: Il. VIII, 367; XI, 491(as proper name); XVI, 696; XIII, 415; Od. XI, 277
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: gen. m. sg., acc. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)
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