Τηλέπυλος

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COMPOUND: Τηλέπυλος, -ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [Adv+N]
MEANING: ‘with gates far apart’
ETYMOLOGY: τῆλε ‘at a distance, far off’ + πύλος (= πύλη) ‘one wing of a pair of double gates’, mostly in pl. ‘gates of a town
OCCURRENCE: Od. X, 82; XXIII, 318
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: acc. m. sg.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – bahuvrῑhi
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