COMPOUND: Πυλαιμένης
CATEGORIZATION: N (N+V+Suf.)
MEANING: ‘Pylemon (king of the Paphlagonians, an ally of the Trojans)’, ‘who stays before the gate’?
ETYMOLOGY: πυλαῖος , α, ον (πύλη) ‘one wing of a pair of double gate’, ‘at or before the gate’ + verbal root μέν- (> μένω) ‘stay, wait’ + suf. -ης
OCCURRENCE: Il. II, 851; V, 576
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg., gen. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: subordinate (argument-V) – tatpuruṣa (V-governing)